Hedley Francis SUMMONS

SUMMONS, Hedley Francis

Service Number: VX40219
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
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World War 2 Service

22 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, VX40219, 2nd/9th Field Ambulance
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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Biography

"...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)