Clement Douglas CORIDAS

CORIDAS, Clement Douglas

Service Number: VX46480
Enlisted: 26 July 1940, Caulfield, Victoria
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion
Born: Maffra, Victoria, 21 January 1909
Home Town: Maffra, Wellington, Victoria
Schooling: Maffra State School
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

26 Jul 1940: Enlisted Private, VX46480, Caulfield, Victoria
26 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX46480, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion
7 Dec 1941: Involvement Corporal, VX46480, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
16 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
9 Jul 1946: Discharged Corporal, VX46480, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion
9 Jul 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX46480, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...VX46480 Corporal Clement Douglas Coridas, 2/29 Battalion. Cpl Coridas enlisted on 26 July 1940 and fought in Malaya and Singapore. Cpl Coridas was taken prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese. He survived the war and returned to Australia being discharged on 9 July 1946." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)