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FILMER, James Furniss
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX4623 |
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Enlisted: | 6 June 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park |
Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1 March 1904 |
Home Town: | Tooperang, Alexandrina, South Australia |
Schooling: | Tooperang, South Australia |
Occupation: | Dairy Farmer |
Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Changi Prisoner of War Camp, Thailand, 27 June 1943, aged 39 years |
Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Coll. grave 10. F. 2-10. L. 4., |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Tooperang Roll of Honour, Tooperang War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
6 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, SX4623, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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6 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX4623 | |
27 Jun 1943: | Involvement Private, SX4623, 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park, Prisoners of War | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
James Furniss FILMER was born on 1st March, 1904 in Broken Hill, NSW
His parents were Edgar Frank FILMER and Frances Mary Ann RODGERS who married on 6th May, 1897 in Broken hill