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SUMMONS, Hedley Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX40219 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/9th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Kew, Victoria, Australia , 25 January 1899 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Natural causes, Kew, Victoria, Australia , 16 January 1967, aged 67 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 22 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, VX40219, 2nd/9th Field Ambulance | |
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| 22 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Major, VX40219, Caulfield, Victoria | |
| 23 Jun 1940: | Involvement Major, VX40219, 2nd/9th Field Ambulance | |
| 1 Jul 1940: | Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd/9th Field Ambulance | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 5 Dec 1945: | Discharged Lieutenant Colonel, VX40219, 2nd/9th Field Ambulance | |
| 5 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, VX40219, 2nd/9th Field Ambulance |
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"...Lieutenant Colonel Hedley Francis Summons (VX40219), Commanding 2/9th Australian Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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