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STEELE, Arthur Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX55051 |
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Enlisted: | 27 January 1940, Unit was 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, 3 August 1903 |
Home Town: | Hurstville Grove, Kogarah, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Illness while a POW of the Japanese, Prisoner of War Camp, Borneo, 10 May 1945, aged 41 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX55051 | |
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27 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX55051, Unit was 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion. | |
27 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX55051, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion | |
2 Feb 1941: | Embarked Private, NX55051, Unit was 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion. Travelled on board the "Queen Mary" to Singapore. | |
18 Feb 1941: | Involvement Private, NX55051, Malaya/Singapore, Unit was 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion. Arrived in Singapore. | |
16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Imprisoned in Changi Prison Camp, Singapore. |
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