George Noel CHITTY

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Service Number:	VX45954
Enlisted:	24 July 1940
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Division Signals
Born:	Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia., 27 September 1908
Home Town:	Malvern East, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Commercial Traveller
Died:	Weil's Disease (Yellow Jaundice) whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Upper Taimonta Prison of War Camp, Thailand, 21 September 1943, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Column 117, Singapore Memorial, Singapore. Special memorial Column 3, Kranji War Cemetery. Originally buried at Upper Taimonta Prison of War Camp but grave unable to be located post war for reburial.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, VX45954, 8th Division Signals
24 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, VX45954

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