Albert George BIGNELL

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Service Numbers:	VX61544, VX61544
Enlisted:	12 August 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leonora, Western Australia, 28 April 1919
Home Town:	Preston, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness whilst a Prisoner of War, Thailand, 1 June 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Shimo Sonkurai Camp Burial Site ...... Cemetery – Grave 057 --- Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery Thanbyuzayat, Mawlamyine District, Mon State, Myanmar PLOT A1. B. 20., Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX61544
12 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX61544, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, VX61544, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion

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