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FARMER, Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX58253 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 6 July 1920 |
| Home Town: | Dulwich Hill, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Waving Requisite Manufacturer |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, 23 January 2004, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis) |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 23 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, NX58253, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
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| 23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX58253, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, NSW, Australia | |
| 23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX58253 | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, POW-Prisoner of War: 15/02/1942, official surrender date of the Allied Forces to the Japanese Forces; To - Surrender Date: 10/09/1945, official Surrender Date at the (Surrender Point Memorial-Labuan Federal Territory-Labuan, Malaysia). | |
| 11 Dec 1945: | Discharged Private, NX58253, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX58253 |
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