William Beresford CHIBNALL

CHIBNALL, William Beresford

Service Number: VX39948
Enlisted: 24 February 1941, Royal Park, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
Born: Beaufort, Victoria, Australia, 9 December 1912
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Trinity Grammar School and Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Died or was killed whilst a prisoner of the Japanes, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 20 February 1942, aged 29 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Beaufort War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

24 Feb 1941: Enlisted Private, VX39948, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Royal Park, Victoria
24 Feb 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX39948
2 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Australia's Northern Periphery
20 Feb 1942: Involvement Private, VX39948, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War

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Biography

Son of 1626 Cpl. Walter Henry Chibnall (/explore/people/130638) - Killed in Action at Pachendaele, Belgium, in WW1 on 12 Oct 1917 and Margaret Chibnall