Gerald Mervyn ZIEHLKE

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Service Number:	NX48120
Enlisted:	23 September 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/15th Field Regiment
Born:	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 18 November 1917
Home Town:	Asquith, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Lumper
Died:	Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Burma, 21 July 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Plot A10, Row D, Grave 2,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

23 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Private, NX48120, Paddington, New South Wales
23 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX48120, 2nd/15th Field Regiment
16 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
21 Jul 1943:	Involvement Private, NX48120, 2nd/15th Field Regiment, Prisoners of War

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Gerald Mervyn ZIEHLKE was born on 18th November, 1917 in Chatswood, Sydney, NSW

His parents were Alfred James ZIEHLKE and Mary Ellen PARKER who married on 17th September, 1901 at St Brigids Catholic Church in Dubbo, NSW

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Medals: 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal