ZSCHECH, Claude Hempel
| Service Number: | V322151 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Wangaratta, Victoria, 31 December 1899 |
| Home Town: | Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commercial artist |
| Died: | Illness, Heidleberg Military Hospital, Australia, 8 May 1944, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wangaratta High School War Memorial Gates |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, V322151 | |
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| 12 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, V322151 |
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Claude Hempel ZSCHECH was born on 31st December, 1899 in Wangaratta, Victoria
His parents were Frederick ZSCHECH and Margaret Jane JONES
He enlisted in Wangaratta on 12th January 1942 - Unit: General Details Depot Staff Victoria Lines of Communication (Australian Army)
He had previously served in the Military from 1914 -1922
He died of Illness on 8th May, 1944 in Heidleberg Military Hospital in Victoria
Buried in Springvale War Cemetery - Australian War Graves
Reference: 1 P C - grave 15
PHOTO of his headstone
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OBITUARY
The Argus 9th May, 1944
ZSCHECH - on May 8th at Heidelberg Military Hospital, Corporal Claude Hempel, son of Mr. F. .ZSCHECH and the late Mrs. ZSCHECH Wangaratta, loved brother of Ellen, Isobel (Mrs. Max Russell) and Edna ( Mrs J McVitty) aged 44 years
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