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RUSSELL, Patrick Kyran
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX28829 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Albert, Victoria, Australia , 1 October 1917 |
| Home Town: | Gembrook, Cardinia, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 13 April 1944, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 16. Row A. Grave 16. Inscription: "HE WAS NOBLE BRAVE AND TRUE" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement VX28829 | |
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| 3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX28829 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Captured and detained by the Japanese Occupation Force, at Tan Toey (Tantui) Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) Camp, Ambon Island. | |
| 13 Apr 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force, died on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Nature of death recorded as bacillary dysentery. |
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