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BILLINGHURST, George Mervyn
Personal Details
Service Number: | TX5866 |
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Enlisted: | 22 October 1941, Burnie, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, 26 July 1922 |
Home Town: | Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Dryerman |
Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan - Malaria), Thailand, 5 July 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Grave Location: Plot A1. Row C. Grave 18, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Burnie Other Wars Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
22 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Burnie, Tasmania | |
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22 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX5866, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
5 Jul 1943: | Involvement Private, TX5866, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
George Mervyn BILLINGHURST was born on 26th July, 1922 in Hobart, Tasmania
His parents were Charles Albert and Winifred Lois BILLINGHURST