Bruce Pitcairn HEDDERWICK

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HEDDERWICK, Bruce Pitcairn

Service Number:	VX28899
Enlisted:	3 July 1940, Caulfield, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kew, Victoria, Australia, 7 December 1916
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Independant means
Died:	Illness (Beri Beri) whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese, Ambon, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 21 June 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia Plot 16, Row B, Grave 10
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX28899, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Caulfield, Victoria
3 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX28899
23 Feb 1942:	Involvement Private, VX28899, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War
23 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Prisoner of War - Ambon
21 Jun 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX28899, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Bruce Pitcairn HEDDERWICK was born in Kew, Victoria on 7th December, 1916

His parents were Bruce Pitcairn HEDDERWICK & Alice Catherine BARRY

He enlisted in the Army on 3rd July, 1940 and was a Private with the 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion

He died on 21st June, 1945 from Illness (Beri Beri) while a prisoner of war in Ambon and is buried in the Ambon War Cemetery

His brother Peter John HEDDERWICK (SN 401950) who was a Flight Lieutenant in the RAAF also lost his life in WW2 during air operations over Italy on 8th February, 1945

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