Corporal Norman Rodda

Service number NX43526
Ranks Held Corporal, Private
Birth Date 1919-10-09
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Manly
Death Date 1943-09-29
Death Place Burma
Final Rank Corporal
Service Australian Army
Units
  • Administrative Headquarters Malaya
  • Adminstrative Headquarters Australian Imperial Force Malaya
Places
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Private Norman Rodda enlisted to the Second Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 25 August 1941. He served as a clerk with the AIF Administrative Headquarters in Malaya, but was captured as a prisoner of war when Singapore fell to the Japanese in February 1942. Private Rodda died of malaria on 29 September 1943, and is buried at Thanbyazayat War Cemetery, Myanmar.

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Date of birth 09 October 1919
Date of death 29 September 1943