Wiegand (Weigand), Hilton George

Date of Birth	1905-07-07
Date of Death	1972-09-04
Age	67
Gender	Male
Birth Place	Australia, New South Wales, Nowra

Service Details

Service	Army WW2
Official Number	NX32373
Service Period	1940-1945

Service 2	RAN - Royal Australian Navy
Date of Entry	1923-03-20
Rank	Able Seaman
Rate	Gunner
Official Number	13798
Discharged Date	1929-03-14
Discharge Type	EE - Engagement Expired
Service Period	1923-29,1940-45
Active Service (War service)	WW2
Service Record	Yes
Ship	Refer Service Record see Sources

Service 3	Army WW2
Official Number	NX32373
Service Period	1940-1945

Other Details

Submariner

Yes

Cemetery Details

Cemetery Name	Point Clare off Coolarn Ave, Point Clare NSW 2250
Cemetery Address	Point Clare, NSW
Demonination/Area	Lawn
Section	5
Row	8
Grave Number	16
Grave Type	Burial - Grave

Notes

Commissioning crew HMAS Oxley (1) POW in Malaya, Burma Railway survived the sinking of the Rukuyo Maru 12 Sept 1944. Commissioning crew HMAS Oxley (1) Discharged 1929. Worked as a miner. Joined AIF June 1940, allocated to 8th Division. Captured during the fall of Singapore "A" Party on the Burma Railway Sunk on the Rakuyo Maru 12th September 1944. Rescued by a USS Submarine.

Sources

Service Record - Australian National Archives Service Record - Australian National Archives Nominal Roll - Department of Veteran Affairs

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