Wallace Ross MELVILLE

  • POW number: 297
  • Name: MELVILLE, Wallace Ross
  • Listed as: n/a
  • Age: 38
  • Rank: Soldier
  • Soldier type: Infantry
  • Occupation and special skills: n/a
  • Unit: B Company 22nd Battalion
  • Place of birth: Sydney
  • Place of capture: Lassul Bay coast
  • Above information is a direct translation from the Japanese list. If incorrect we will not amend it.
  • POW number: 297
  • Name: MELVILLE, Wallace Ross
  • Listed as: n/a
  • Age: 38
  • Rank: Soldier
  • Soldier type: Infantry
  • Occupation and special skills: n/a
  • Unit: B Company 22nd Battalion
  • Place of birth: Sydney
  • Place of capture: Lassul Bay coast
  • Above information is a direct translation from the Japanese list. If incorrect we will not amend it.
  • Name: MELVILLE, Wallace Ross
  • Listed as: n/a
  • Age: 38
  • Nationality: Australian
  • Name: MELVILLE, Wallace Ross
  • Service number: VX23748
  • Presumed lost aboard the Montevideo Maru
  • Date of birth: 20-Aug-03
  • Service number: VX23748
  • Nationality: Australian
  • Above information taken from the persons service record.
  • Date of birth: 20-Aug-03
  • Service number: VX23748
  • Nationality: Australian
  • Above information taken from the persons service record.
  • Internee number: 297
  • Occupation and special skills: n/a
  • Place of capture: Lassul Bay coast
  • Although this person's name does not appear on either the Japanese or the English list recently received by the National Archives of Australia. His service file indicates that his next of kin was notified of his death aboard the Montevideo Maru.
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