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DOWLING, Tom Douglass
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX45002 |
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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 |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
10 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX45002 | |
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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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