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TIBBETT, William Leslie
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX28381 |
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Enlisted: | 19 June 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 4 June 1920 |
Home Town: | Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Cycle mechanic |
Died: | Illness (while a prisoner of the Japanese), Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 1 October 1943, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Corporal, VX28381, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion | |
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19 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX28381 | |
2 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon |
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