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CORIDAS, Clement Douglas
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX46480 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
26 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX46480, Caulfield, Victoria | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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)