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SAUNDERS, Edward Francis
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | TX8342, T30700 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, TX8342 | |
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12 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, T30700 | |
5 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX8342, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
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