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SABIN, Herbert Lawson
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 2136, NX70418 |
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Enlisted: | 1 July 1939 |
Last Rank: | Colonel |
Last Unit: | Australian Army Headquarters |
Born: | Bega, NSW, Australia, 15 January 1916 |
Home Town: | Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 December 2006, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne (DVA) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Wall 126/Row R. |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
1 Jul 1939: | Involvement Colonel, NX70418, Australian Army Headquarters, Malaya/Singapore | |
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1 Jul 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Colonel, 2136 | |
1 Jul 1939: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 2136, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Duntroon, ACT, Australia | |
15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, POW - Prisoner of War: 15/02/1942, Fall of Singapore, Allied Forces surrendered to Japanese; to Date: 15/08/1945, Japanese surrendered to Allied Forces - Malaysia/Singapore Campaign. | |
16 Aug 1945: | Involvement Colonel, NX70418, Australian Army Headquarters, Malaya/Singapore | |
30 Sep 1968: | Discharged Colonel, NX70418, Australian Army Headquarters | |
30 Sep 1968: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Colonel, 2136 |
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