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ROONEY, Kenneth
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX24442 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Signalman |
| Last Unit: | 8th Division Signals |
| Born: | Auburn, Victoria, Australia, 21 October 1903 |
| Home Town: | Sandringham, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese, Malaya, 9 September 1944, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kranji War Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 8 Jun 1940: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX24442, 8th Division Signals | |
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| 24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signalman, VX24442 | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Taken prisoner in Singapore, 19 April 1943 entrained F Force, worked on Burma Railway until November 1943 | |
| 9 Sep 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signalman, VX24442, 8th Division Signals |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Val Stevens
Kenneth was born in 1903 the son of Otto Rooney and Margaret Rae.
He was single and aged 36 when he enlisted in 1940, and was taken prisoner in Singapore in 1942. In 1943 he spent four months working on the Burma Railway only to die of Malaria and Pneumonia in April 1944
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