Charles Grey SYDENHAM

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Service Number:	VX40056
Enlisted:	1 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Anti Tank Batteries / Companies
Born:	Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia , 30 July 1917
Home Town:	Newtown, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Executed whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 4 February 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot B. Row D. Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "HE GAVE OF HIS ALL FOR THOSE HE HELD DEAR".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, VX40056, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies
1 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX40056

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