Tom Douglass DOWLING

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Service Number:	VX45002
Enlisted:	10 July 1940, at Caulfield.
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 17 March 1920
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Buderim Private Hospital, Buderim, Queensland, Australia, 28 August 1997, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Buderim Lawn Cemetery - Crematorium & Memorial Gardens BX3-5-4
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Victorian Garden of Remembrance

10 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX45002
10 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Bombardier, VX45002, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, at Caulfield.
21 Apr 1941:	Promoted Lance Sergeant, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment
16 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Prisoners of War, Presumably released at surrender in 1945; Service Record says embarked at Singapore 18/10/1945.
16 Feb 1942:	Involvement Lance Sergeant, VX45002, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Malaya/Singapore
2 Jan 1946:	Discharged Lance Sergeant, VX45002, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment
2 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX45002

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Son of Charles Ware DOWLING and Margaret enide Wynne nee DOUGLASS, Glen Esk, Swan Hill, Vic.

Husband of Nancy Margueriet DOWLING nee BALSTRUP