AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Bexton, Victor

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bexton ​

• FORENAME

Victor ​

• UNIT

2/1 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

NX56324 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st July 1942 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rabaul Memorial, Papua New Guinea Panel 12 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 18.06.1918, Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia​

son of Arthur (1885-1963) and Alice Jane Bexton (1888-1966), Willoughby, New South Wales​

single upon enlistment​

civil occupation clerk​

Next of kin - Father Mr. Arthur Bexton, 27 McClelland Street, Willoughby​

04.07.1940 enlisted Paddington, New South Wales​

POW 2.2.1942 at sea​

lost when Japanese ship Montevideo Maru sunk by USS Sturgeon off Philippines ​

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