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MELSOM, Roy Frank
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX14392 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 9 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Casualty Clearing Station |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 December 1914 |
| Home Town: | New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brighton, Queensland, Australia, 16 March 1997, aged 82 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 9 Jul 1940: | Involvement QX14392 | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Jul 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 9 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, QX14392 | |
| 16 Nov 1940: | Embarked 2nd/2nd Casualty Clearing Station, Embarked on HMT Strathmore for the Middle East | |
| 18 Dec 1941: | Promoted Corporal | |
| 19 Feb 1942: | Involvement Corporal, Disembarked at Batavia, Java | |
| 19 Feb 1942: | Promoted Sergeant | |
| 24 Jul 1942: | Imprisoned Reported "Missing - believed POW". Reported "POW Interned Java Camp" on 2 Aug 1943 | |
| 18 Sep 1945: | Involvement Sergeant, Recovered from the Japanese at Batavia, Java | |
| 23 Oct 1945: | Involvement Sergeant, 2nd/2nd Casualty Clearing Station, Embarked SS Tamaroa at Singapore, bound for Sydney, Australia | |
| 18 Dec 1945: | Discharged Sergeant, 2nd/2nd Casualty Clearing Station |
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