Jack MCCANDLISH

MCCANDLISH, Jack

Service Number: VX80269
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, VX80269, 'M' Special Unit
12 Jun 1942: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2)
12 Jun 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, VX80269, Z Special Unit

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Biography 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