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CHIBNALL, William Beresford
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX39948 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
24 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Private, VX39948, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Royal Park, Victoria | |
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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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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