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CORDWELL, Benjamin Shaw
Personal Details
| Service Number: | TX3776 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 29 November 1919 |
| Home Town: | King Island, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 6 March 1975, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Tasmania (Hobart) Garden of Remembrance |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 8 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3776, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Captured Timor, repatriated from Japan. | |
| 10 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3776, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Barker Gary
At the time of his enlistment, Ben gave his contact details as care of Mr R. Jaynes, King Island. He was a foster child and would have come to the island for work, most likely as a farm labourer. When he was captured by the Japanese in February 1942, he was still remembered on King Island and was mentioned in a a local fund raising event for POWs. After his discharge he settled on the main island of Tasmania.