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SAWYER, Clarence John
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX7939 |
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Enlisted: | 13 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Mount Helena, Western Australia, 25 August 1907 |
Home Town: | Doodlakine, Kellerberrin, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not known |
Occupation: | Farm hand |
Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Bandoeng, Java, Netherlands East Indies, 1 April 1942, aged 34 years |
Cemetery: |
Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia Grave Reference: 3. H. 14., |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Nungarin War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
13 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Private, WX7939, Claremont, Western Australia | |
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13 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7939 | |
1 Apr 1942: | Involvement Private, WX7939, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Prisoners of War |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Clarence John SAWYER was born on 25th August, 1907 in Mount Helena, Western Australia
His parents were Archibald Joseph SAWYER & Mary McARTHUR
He married Elsie Ada DARGIE in WA in 1932
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Medals
1939-45 Star
Pacific Star
Defence Medal
War Medal 1939-45
Australian Service Medal