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FINDLAY, Donald Douglas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX38283 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 February 1941, Fort Largs, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements |
| Born: | Sandwell, South Australia, 31 March 1920 |
| Home Town: | Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Compositor |
| Died: | Drowned (POW of Japan - Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Ottoway Congregational Church WW2 Honour Roll , Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 25 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Sapper, SX38283, Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements , Fort Largs, South Australia | |
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| 3 Mar 1941: | Involvement Sapper, SX38283 | |
| 14 Mar 1941: | Transferred Sapper, Lark Force | |
| 23 Jan 1942: | Imprisoned | |
| 1 Jul 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX38283, Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements , Australia's Northern Periphery, Sapper - Fortress Company Rabaul | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement | |
| Date unknown: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX38283 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Donald Douglas FINDLAY was born in Sandwell, South Australia on 31st March, 1920
His parents were David Kerr & Gladys Lena FINDLAY
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