Fred HUTCHINS

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Service Number:	VX61203
Enlisted:	6 August 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 1 March 1921
Home Town:	Woorinen, Swan Hill, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of Illness whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 6 July 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia 17. D. 12.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Swan Hill Hutchins Brothers Memorial

6 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX61203, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
6 Jul 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX61203, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Died of Illness as Prisoner of War

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