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AYTON, Arthur Clement John
Personal Details
Service Number: | TX5862 |
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Enlisted: | 22 October 1941, Burnie, TAS, Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Ulverstone, Nth Coast, Tasmania, 26 February 1920 |
Home Town: | Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Illness, Borneo, 15 February 1945, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Panel 16, Labuan Memorial., Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
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, TX5862 | |
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22 Oct 1941: | Involvement Private, TX5862, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
22 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Private, TX5862, Burnie, TAS, Australia | |
22 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX5862, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion | |
15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
15 Feb 1942: | Involvement Private, TX5862, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore, POW of Japan; Prison Camp-Borneo; From date-15/02/1942 -To date-15/02/1945, died of illness whilst prisoner of the Japanese. |
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