AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Philpott, Alan Edward

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Philpott ​

• FORENAME

Alan Edward ​

• UNIT

2/1 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

VX50161 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st July 1942 ​

• AGE

29 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rabaul Memorial,Papua New Guinea Panel 11 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of David Charles and Clara May Philpott,Geelong,Victoria​

POW 2.2.1942 at sea​

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