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BURCHNALL, Francis Robert

Service Numbers:	1666, VX64477
Enlisted:	27 July 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Australian Army Postal Corps
Born:	Leicester, England, 28 October 1890
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Letter Sorter
Died:	Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese, Borneo, 19 May 1943, aged 52 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Long Gully St. Matthews Anglican Church Honor Roll, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1

World War 1 Service

27 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1666, 58th Infantry Battalion
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1666, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1666, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Headquarters 2nd Anzac, Postal Corps, France
23 Jun 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1666, Australian Army Postal Corps
29 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1666, Australian Army Postal Corps, RTA 23 June 1919 and discharged TPE.

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement VX64477
8 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX64477
10 Jan 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX64477, Embarked Sydney, disembarked Singapore 26 January 1942.
16 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Died of illness while a prisoner of the Japanese in Borneo 19 May 1943.

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