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Army Number: NX27652Image not available
Surname: LARKING
First Names: Cecil James
Rank: Pte.
Next of Kin: Mr. Cecil James LARKING
Date of Birth: 19/9/1919
Place of Birth: Sydney, NSW
Date of Enlistment: 3/6/1940
Locality on Enlistment: Randwick, NSW
Place of Enlistment: Paddington, NSW
Date taken on strength: 22/11/1940
Taken on strength at: Tamworth, NSW
Taken on strength from: 2nd Infantry Training Battalion, Tamworth, NSW (6th Infantry Training Brigade)
Company: HQ
Platoon: Signals
Section: Transferred to GBD
Ship to Singapore: Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt (HMT FF)
Embarkation Date: 29/7/1941
Singapore Work Parties: Thomson Road, Mount Pleasant, Caldecott Hill & Bukit Timah; Changi
Other Work Parties:
Train to Thailand (if applicable) :
1945 Work Party:
Return to Australia by: Manunda to Labuan; Air (Catalina, Liberator, DC3 etc.) - emplaned Labuan 16/10/1945, deplaned Morotai on 16/10/1945; emplaned Morotai on 23/10/1945; arrived Sydney 24/10/1945
Return Date:
Date of Discharge: 9/7/1946
Date of Death: 5/3/1972
Cemetery:
Plot/Row/Grave:
Memorial: NSW Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood - Wall
Photos (if available): Photos

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