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VALE, August Francis
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX129409 |
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Enlisted: | 22 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements |
Born: | Murtoa, Victoria, 3 September 1915 |
Home Town: | Croxton, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Motor driver |
Died: | Died at sea (POW of Japan - Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" At sea, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
22 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX129409, Preston, Victoria | |
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22 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX129409 | |
1 Jul 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX129409, Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements , Australia's Northern Periphery, Sapper - Engineer, Fortress Company Rabaul |
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