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CAMERON, Ian Thomas

Service Number:	VX47129
Enlisted:	16 July 1940
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Field Ambulance
Born:	Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 24 June 1897
Home Town:	Croydon, Maroondah, Victoria
Schooling:	Scotch College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Medical Practitioner
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 7 September 1948, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

16 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), VX47129
16 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, VX47129, 2nd/9th Field Ambulance
1 Sep 1941:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, 2nd/9th Field Ambulance
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
18 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, VX47129, 2nd/9th Field Ambulance
Date unknown:	Involvement Major, VX47129

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Biography contributed by Timothy Hallam

Major Ian Cameron unveiled the Montrose War Memorial, Yarra Ranges, Victoria, 25 April 1947.