Ignatius Alexander Francis Fabian (Joe) CARR

CARR, Ignatius Alexander Francis Fabian

Service Number: NX51554
Enlisted: 27 June 1940, Paddington, Sydney
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion
Born: Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 23 November 1906
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Hairdresser
Died: Dysentry whilst a prisoner of war, Burma, 12 June 1943, aged 36 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
Plot AII, Row C, Grave 20
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Parkes & District Cenotaph
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX51554
27 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX51554, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, Sydney
12 Jun 1943: Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX51554, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Ignatius Alexander Francis Fabian CARR was born in Peak Hill, NSW on 23rd November, 1906

His parents were Henry CARR & Ann Caroline SMITH who married in Peak Hill in 1893

He was taken as a Prisoner of War on 26th March, 1942 and died from dysentry in the Thai Camp on 12th June 1943