SPEERS, Everard Frederick Redvers
| Service Number: | TX4243 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1941, Hobart |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8 Supply Personnel Section AASC |
| Born: | Mangana, Tasmania, 4 March 1900 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (Cholera), Thailand, 18 July 1943, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Grave Ref. I L 67 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Jan 1941: | Involvement Private, TX4243, 8 Supply Personnel Section AASC | |
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| 15 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Hobart | |
| 15 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX4243 |
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Everard Frederick Redvers SPEERS was born on 4th March, 1900 in Mangana, Tasmania - his war record states 1901
His parents were Robert SPEERS and Elizabeth HANDLEY
He married Mary Jane Florence JACOBS on 6th Jan 1930 at 96 Margaret St. Launceston
Everard enlisted with the Australian Army on 15th Jan. 1941 - his posting at death was 8 Aust. Division Supply Personell Section
He died of Cholera in a Malayan prison camp on 18th July, 1943 and is buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
WIKIPEDIA LINK to information on his Unit (en.wikipedia.org)
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES (www.cwgc.org)
NAA - Attestation Paper and Service Record (recordsearch.naa.gov.au)
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