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Army Number: NX78142
Surname: ANDERDOWN
First Names: William John
Known as:
Rank: Pte.
Company: HQ
Platoon: Pioneer
Date of Birth: 27/10/1917
Taken on Strength: Causeway
Singapore Work Party: Great World; Changi
Other Work Party:
1945 Work Party:
Returned to Australia by: Manunda to Labaun; Air (Catalina, Liberator, DC3 etc.) - departed Labuan 5/10/1945, deplaned Morotai, 5/10/1945, emplaned Morotai 7/10/1945, arrived Brisbane 8/10/1945
Date of Death: 3/4/1946
Cemetery: Sydney War Cemetery
Memorial: Newtown, NSW
Information: 4th Reinforcements, 2/30 Bn; recovered from Japanese at Changi on 5/9/1945; embarked Singapore per Manunda on 13/9/1945; disembarked Labuan on 21/9/1945; admitted 2/4 AGH (Malnutrition); air evacuated to Morotai on 5/10/1945; emplaned Morotai for Australia on 7/10/1945; deplaned at Brisbane on 8/10/1945; admitted to 112 (B)MH; transferred to Sydney and admitted to 113 (C)MH (Concord) on 15/10/1945; readmitted on 5/11/1945; died at Concord Hospital at 2220 hours on 3/4/1946; buried in Sydney War Cemetery, Section E, Row B, Grave 12 on 5/4/1946; DVA Nominal Roll shows date of birth as 27/10/1917
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