~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Description of Cover Portrait~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Colourised Studio portrait of VX27127 Private (Pte) Edward (Eddie) William Docking of Alexandra, Vic. Pte Docking enlisted on 14 June 1940 at Caulfield, Vic, and served with the 2/21 Battalion as part of Gull Force. He was captured on the island of Ambon and was killed by Japanese troops on 20 February 1942. Pte Docking has no known grave, his name is recorded on the Ambon Memorial.
~~~~Private Edward Willian DOCKING, Australian Military Forces, AMF, Army, World War Two~~~~
Australian Army Service Number:--- VX27127
Enlisted:--- 14 thJune 1940 in Caulfield, Victoria.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Unit:--- 2nd/ 21 Australian Infantry Battalion, AMF ( Gull Force)
Fate:-- Presumed to have been killed on Ambon, Netherlands East Indies on 20th February 1942,by Japanese Imperial Forces.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated:--- Listed on Column 3. Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
Memorials::--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Shire of Alexandra WW2 Honour Roll, Shire of Alexandra WW2 Memorial Wall
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gull Force~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gull Force was sent to Ambon to defend the strategic island's harbour and air strip. When an overwhelmingly larger Japanese force of approximately 20.000, landed on the Island in January 1942 Gull Force numbered 1131 men, most of them Victorians. They were split into two groups: 292 were sent to defend the air strip at Laha on the western side of the magnificent bay that almost splits Ambon in half. 47 men were killed in action, 11 escaped, 5 managed to join the rest of the force on the other side of the Island, and 229 were massacred after surrendering.
Colourised Studio portrait of VX27127 Private (Pte) Edward (Eddie) William Docking of Alexandra, Vic. Pte Docking enlisted on 14 June 1940 at Caulfield, Vic, and served with the 2/21 Battalion as part of Gull Force. He was captured on the island of Ambon and was killed by Japanese troops on 20 February 1942. Pte Docking has no known grave, his name is recorded on the Ambon Memorial.
~~~~Private Edward Willian DOCKING, Australian Military Forces, AMF, Army, World War Two~~~~
Australian Army Service Number:--- VX27127
Enlisted:--- 14 thJune 1940 in Caulfield, Victoria.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Unit:--- 2nd/ 21 Australian Infantry Battalion, AMF ( Gull Force)
Fate:-- Presumed to have been killed on Ambon, Netherlands East Indies on 20th February 1942,by Japanese Imperial Forces.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated:--- Listed on Column 3. Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
Memorials::--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Shire of Alexandra WW2 Honour Roll, Shire of Alexandra WW2 Memorial Wall
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gull Force~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gull Force was sent to Ambon to defend the strategic island's harbour and air strip. When an overwhelmingly larger Japanese force of approximately 20.000, landed on the Island in January 1942 Gull Force numbered 1131 men, most of them Victorians. They were split into two groups: 292 were sent to defend the air strip at Laha on the western side of the magnificent bay that almost splits Ambon in half. 47 men were killed in action, 11 escaped, 5 managed to join the rest of the force on the other side of the Island, and 229 were massacred after surrendering.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Description of Cover Portrait~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Colourised Studio portrait of VX27127 Private (Pte) Edward (Eddie) William Docking of Alexandra, Vic. Pte Docking enlisted on 14 June 1940 at Caulfield, Vic, and served with the 2/21 Battalion as part of Gull Force. He was captured on the island of Ambon and was killed by Japanese troops on 20 February 1942. Pte Docking has no known grave, his name is recorded on the Ambon Memorial.
~~~~Private Edward Willian DOCKING, Australian Military Forces, AMF, Army, World War Two~~~~
Australian Army Service Number:--- VX27127
Enlisted:--- 14 thJune 1940 in Caulfield, Victoria.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Unit:--- 2nd/ 21 Australian Infantry Battalion, AMF ( Gull Force)
Fate:-- Presumed to have been killed on Ambon, Netherlands East Indies on 20th February 1942,by Japanese Imperial Forces.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated:--- Listed on Column 3. Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
Memorials::--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Shire of Alexandra WW2 Honour Roll, Shire of Alexandra WW2 Memorial Wall
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gull Force~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gull Force was sent to Ambon to defend the strategic island's harbour and air strip. When an overwhelmingly larger Japanese force of approximately 20.000, landed on the Island in January 1942 Gull Force numbered 1131 men, most of them Victorians. They were split into two groups: 292 were sent to defend the air strip at Laha on the western side of the magnificent bay that almost splits Ambon in half. 47 men were killed in action, 11 escaped, 5 managed to join the rest of the force on the other side of the Island, and 229 were massacred after surrendering.
Colourised Studio portrait of VX27127 Private (Pte) Edward (Eddie) William Docking of Alexandra, Vic. Pte Docking enlisted on 14 June 1940 at Caulfield, Vic, and served with the 2/21 Battalion as part of Gull Force. He was captured on the island of Ambon and was killed by Japanese troops on 20 February 1942. Pte Docking has no known grave, his name is recorded on the Ambon Memorial.
~~~~Private Edward Willian DOCKING, Australian Military Forces, AMF, Army, World War Two~~~~
Australian Army Service Number:--- VX27127
Enlisted:--- 14 thJune 1940 in Caulfield, Victoria.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Unit:--- 2nd/ 21 Australian Infantry Battalion, AMF ( Gull Force)
Fate:-- Presumed to have been killed on Ambon, Netherlands East Indies on 20th February 1942,by Japanese Imperial Forces.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated:--- Listed on Column 3. Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
Memorials::--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Shire of Alexandra WW2 Honour Roll, Shire of Alexandra WW2 Memorial Wall
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gull Force~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gull Force was sent to Ambon to defend the strategic island's harbour and air strip. When an overwhelmingly larger Japanese force of approximately 20.000, landed on the Island in January 1942 Gull Force numbered 1131 men, most of them Victorians. They were split into two groups: 292 were sent to defend the air strip at Laha on the western side of the magnificent bay that almost splits Ambon in half. 47 men were killed in action, 11 escaped, 5 managed to join the rest of the force on the other side of the Island, and 229 were massacred after surrendering.
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