| Service number | VX31901 |
|---|---|
| Ranks Held | Acting Lance Corporal, Private |
| Birth Date | 1914-01-19 |
| Death Date | 1942-02-20 |
| Death Place | Netherlands East Indies: Ambon, Pulau, Ambon |
| Final Rank | Acting Lance Corporal |
| Service | Australian Army |
| Unit | 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Place | Ambon |
| Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Acting Lance Corporal Jack Roland Edmonds
Description
Jack Roland Edmonds enlisted to the Second Australian Imperial Force on 13 June 1940. He served with 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion in Darwin, Northern Territory, and Ambon, Netherlands East Indies. In February 1942, Edmonds was captured on Ambon as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. He was presumed to have died in the Laha Massacre on 20 February 1942. Jack Roland Edmonds is commemorated at Ambon Memorial, Indonesia.
Rolls
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Second World War POWs and Missing Persons:
- Unit
- 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Private
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Acting Lance Corporal
Timeline
| Date of birth | 19 January 1914 | |
|---|---|---|
| Date of death | 20 February 1942 |