Herbert Lawson SABIN

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Service Numbers:	2136, NX70418
Enlisted:	1 July 1939
Last Rank:	Colonel
Last Unit:	Australian Army Headquarters
Born:	Bega, NSW, Australia, 15 January 1916
Home Town:	Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 December 2006, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne (DVA) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Wall 126/Row R.
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

1 Jul 1939:	Involvement Colonel, NX70418, Australian Army Headquarters, Malaya/Singapore
1 Jul 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Colonel, 2136
1 Jul 1939:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 2136, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Duntroon, ACT, Australia
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, POW - Prisoner of War: 15/02/1942, Fall of Singapore, Allied Forces surrendered to Japanese; to Date: 15/08/1945, Japanese surrendered to Allied Forces - Malaysia/Singapore Campaign.
16 Aug 1945:	Involvement Colonel, NX70418, Australian Army Headquarters, Malaya/Singapore
30 Sep 1968:	Discharged Colonel, NX70418, Australian Army Headquarters
30 Sep 1968:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Colonel, 2136

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