Norman Sydney James TOPP

TOPP, Norman Sydney James

Service Number: VX38410
Enlisted: 12 August 1940, Royal Park, Vic.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Mildura, Vic., 10 February 1920
Home Town: Red Cliffs, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling: Mildura High School
Occupation: Baker
Died: POW died of Illness, Thailand, 16 July 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
Coll. grave 1. Q. 2-78
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Mildura High School WW2 Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX38410
12 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX38410, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Royal Park, Vic.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Thomas James Topp and Constance Halveston Topp, of Northcote, Victoria

"FOREVER WE SHALL REMEMBER"

Reported missing in action in Java 29 April 1942 - Prisoner of War 28 Juy 1943

Died of Avitaminosis whiles Prisoner of War