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ANSELL, Arthur Stanley
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX17115 |
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Enlisted: | 24 May 1940, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Woorak, Victoria, Australia, 19 January 1919 |
Home Town: | Nhill, Hindmarsh, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Illness while a POW of the Japanese, Burma, 5 August 1943, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Plot A9, Row B, Grave 5 Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery Thanbyuzayat, Mawlamyine District, Mon State, Myanmar , Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX17115 | |
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24 May 1940: | Enlisted Caulfield, Victoria, Australia | |
24 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX17115, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
2/29 Battalion
Rank - Private
Son of Allen and Christina Maud Ansell, of Nhill, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour Nhill