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TOMS, Claude Hector
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX33107 |
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Enlisted: | 19 June 1940, Royal Park, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Isle of Wight, 7 September 1906 |
Home Town: | Kyvalley, Campaspe, Victoria |
Schooling: | St. Helen's Church of England, Isle of Wight |
Occupation: | Sailmaker |
Died: | Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 35 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kyabram & District Honour Roll WW2, Kyabram & District Memorial Community Hospital Honour Roll, Kyabram & District R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. Honour Roll, Kyabram St. Andrew's Church of England Altar & Reredos, Lancaster & District WW2 Roll of Honor, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX33107 | |
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19 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX33107, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion, Royal Park, Vic. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
A son of Charles Henry Toms and Martha Toms of Wyuna Road, Kyabram, he was born in the Isle of Wight, and received his education at St. Helen's Church of England. He came to Australia about 20 years ago, and was 34 years of age at enlistment.