Service number | NX53301 |
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Birth Date | 1910-12-09 |
Death Date | 1945-08-10 |
Death Place | Borneo |
Final Rank | Lance Corporal |
Service | Australian Army |
Unit | 8 Division Supply Column |
Place | Borneo |
Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Lance Corporal Anthony Milton Fahey
Description
Lance Corporal Anthony Milton Fahey enlisted to the Second Australian Imperial Force on 8 July 1940. He served with 8 Division Supply Column in Malaya, and was captured by the Japanese as a prisoner of war in February 1942. In July 1942, Lance Corporal Fahey was transferred from Changi Prisoner of War Camp, Singapore, to Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp, Borneo. Lance Corporal Fahey died of illness on 10 August 1945, while a prisoner on Borneo. He is commemorated at Labuan Memorial, Malaysia.
Rolls
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 8 Division Supply Column
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lance Corporal
Timeline
Date of birth | 09 December 1910 | |
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Date of enlistment | 08 July 1940 | |
Date of death | 10 August 1945 |