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BACON, Frederick James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX58755 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Terang Victoria, Australia , 31 October 1917 |
| Home Town: | Terang, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Pipe maker |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Mildura , Victoria, Australia, 4 February 2000, aged 82 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 9 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX58755, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 19 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX58755, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, VX58755, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Bernard Wood
Joined military 9 July 1941
served with 2/2 Pioneer Battalion was a POW in Changi and worked on the Thai Burma railway and returned home at the end of the war to have 3 children
Australian Service medal 1939-1945
Pacific star
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