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PETERSON, James Horace
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX11322 |
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Enlisted: | 17 February 1941, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshops |
Born: | Mt Barker, South Australia, 20 December 1913 |
Home Town: | Macclesfield, South Australia, Mount Barker, South Australia |
Schooling: | Macclesfield, South Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Thai POW Camp, Thailand, 6 August 1943, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 G 12, |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Macclesfield ANZAC Memorial Gardens, Macclesfield Honour Roll WW2, Macclesfield Memorial Gates, Macclesfield St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Macclesfield War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
17 Feb 1941: | Enlisted | |
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17 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Private, SX11322, Adelaide, South Australia | |
15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
6 Aug 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshops | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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