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TYSOE, Harry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX9226 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 30 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Burton on Trent, England, 22 March 1908 |
| Home Town: | Denmark, Denmark, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bridge builder/Ganger |
| Died: | POW of Japan - cardiac failure & beri-beri, Japan, 26 November 1943, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Yokohama War Cemetery Section B.A. 14, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Denmark War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 30 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Private, WX9226, Claremont, Western Australia | |
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| 30 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX9226, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 26 Nov 1943: | Involvement Private, WX9226, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Harry TYSOE was born on 22nd March, 1908 in Burton on Trent, England
His parents were Roger TYSOE & Martha Ann WALKER
He married Eileen Jessie CROSS on 24th May 1932 in Western Australia - 4 children, Derek, Tony, Hazel & Bernie (deceased)
Harry died at the Osaka Camp, Japan as a Prisoner of War
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