Oliver Moir STANWELL

STANWELL, Oliver Moir

Service Number: WX7789
Enlisted: 10 August 1940
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Moora, Western Australia, 24 July 1905
Home Town: Port Hedland, Port Hedland, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Shop Assistant & Truck Driver
Died: Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 12 March 1945, aged 39 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boyup Brook Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, WX7789
10 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, WX7789, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography contributed

Oliver Moir STANWELL was born in Moora, Western Australia on 24th July, 1905

His parents were Richard Arthur STANWELL & Rachel IFFLA

He married Marjorie Irene KENSELL in Bayswater, WA in 1940

Oliver died from malaria whilst a prisoner of war of the Japanese on 12th March, 1945

 

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