LEST WE FORGET
Private Jack Obaldeston EDDISON
Service No: NX60320 (Australian Army)
Born: Southampton, England, 30 March 1914
Enlisted in the Army: 17 July 1940 (at Goulburn NSW)
Unit: 2/20th Battalion
Died: Prisoner of War, Japan, 7 June 1943, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Walter Herbert and Marion Osbaldeston Eddison, of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Roll of Honour: Canberra ACT
Remembered: Panel 44, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Brother of Squadron Leader Frank Leslie Herbert Eddison DFC (39377) (RAF) and Brother of Flight Lieutenant Edward Dalkeith Eddison (563) (RAAF)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record B883, NX60320