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SAUNDERS, Edward Francis

Service Numbers:	TX8342, T30700
Enlisted:	12 August 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia , 12 September 1920
Home Town:	Latrobe, Latrobe, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Laborer
Died:	Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese, Timor, 21 March 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Latrobe War Memorial, Launceston 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, TX8342
12 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, T30700
5 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX8342, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion

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