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PAINE, Robert Langsford
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX10876 |
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Enlisted: | 9 January 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Independent Company |
Born: | Wayville, South Australia, 3 March 1913 |
Home Town: | Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
Schooling: | Edithburgh Public School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | (POW of Japan), Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Edithburgh Public School Roll of Honour, Edithburgh War Memorial, Keswick "M" and Z" Special Units Independent Companies & Commando Squadrons Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
9 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
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9 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Private, SX10876, Wayville, South Australia | |
9 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX10876 | |
7 Dec 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX10876, No. 1 Independent Company, Australia's Northern Periphery | |
1 Jul 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX10876, No. 1 Independent Company, Prisoners of War, Lost at sea on the Montevideo Maru | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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