AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Bleasby, Charles William

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bleasby ​

• FORENAME

Charles William ​

• UNIT

2/1 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

VX50213 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st July 1942 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rabaul Memorial, Papua New Guinea Panel 12 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 24.10.1920, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia​

son of Charles and Florence Maud Bleasby, Richmond, Victoria​

single upon enlistment​

civil occupation press worker​

07.03.1941 enlisted Royal Park, Victoria​

Next of kin - Mother Florence Ward Bleasby, 271 Coppin Street, Richmond, Victoria​

POW 2.2.1942 at sea​

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

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