Henry (Bill) WHITTON

WHITTON, Henry

Service Number: WX4758
Enlisted: 23 June 1940
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Perth, Western Australia, 11 October 1906
Home Town: Maylands, Bayswater, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carrier
Died: Prisoner of War - Executed, Java, Java, Netherlands East Indies, 30 April 1942, aged 35 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
(CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Column 134, Singapore Memorial (within Kranji War Cemetery)., Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, WX4758, 4th Field Artillery Brigade
23 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, WX4758
23 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, WX4758, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Perth, WA, Australia
13 Aug 1940: Transferred Private, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, (NAA, Pg-9) Service Record of Private: Henry WHITTON, SN WX4758.
9 Sep 1940: Promoted Lance Corporal, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, (NAA, Pg-9) Service Record of Lance Corporal: Henry WHITTON, SN WX4758.
27 Jan 1942: Promoted Sergeant, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, (NAA, Pg-10) Service Record of Sergeant: Henry WHITTON, SN WX4758.
15 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore

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