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MCCANDLISH, Jack
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX80269 |
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Enlisted: | 12 June 1942 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Z Special Unit |
Born: | Leeds, England, 2 October 1915 |
Home Town: | Sea Lake, Buloke, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Execution, Ambon, Dutch New Guinea, Dutch New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, 31 August 1943, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia 7. A. 15. |
Memorials: | Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Sea Lake Fallen Comrades WW2 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, VX80269, 'M' Special Unit | |
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12 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2) | |
12 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, VX80269, Z Special Unit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of John William and Marion McCandlish of Sea Lake, Victoria
Australian Infantry - attached to "M" Special Unit
Lieutenant Ronald William Feetum VX90387 and Sergeant Jack McCandlish VX80269 were captured on Aru Island and sent to Ambon where they were eventually executed by the Japanese Secret Police