James Rupert PLUMRIDGE

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PLUMRIDGE, James Rupert

Service Number:	VX86704
Enlisted:	5 July 1942
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Z Special Unit
Born:	Croydon, Victoria, Australia, 24 May 1923
Home Town:	Black Rock, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Presumed, Dutch New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, 25 July 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ambon Memorial, Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, VX86704, 'M' Special Unit
5 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2)
5 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, VX86704, Z Special Unit

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Rupert Stephen and Eileen Margaret Plumridge of Black Rock, Victoria

Sergeant James Rupert Plumridge VX86704 and Sergeant John Herbert Dahlberg VX35092 of "Z" Special Unit attempted to evade capture by Japanese forces by building a raft to move between islands in the Aroe group - their eventual fate is unknown and they are commemorated on the Ambon Memorial

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