WW2 Service Australian Army Rank Private VX24719
Posting on Death: 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion, he was killed in action in Egypt. The siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days from April to November 1941, Private Joseph Henry Cheong was one of the Rats of Tobruk.
He was awarded the 1939/45 Star, Africa Star (with 8th clasp), Defence Medal, War Medal & Australia Service Medal.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Abbotsford Vic, also his name is located at panel 51 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Alexander (d1950)and Teresa Cheong, of Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia.
Posting on Death: 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion, he was killed in action in Egypt. The siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days from April to November 1941, Private Joseph Henry Cheong was one of the Rats of Tobruk.
He was awarded the 1939/45 Star, Africa Star (with 8th clasp), Defence Medal, War Medal & Australia Service Medal.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Abbotsford Vic, also his name is located at panel 51 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Alexander (d1950)and Teresa Cheong, of Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia.
WW2 Service Australian Army Rank Private VX24719
Posting on Death: 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion, he was killed in action in Egypt. The siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days from April to November 1941, Private Joseph Henry Cheong was one of the Rats of Tobruk.
He was awarded the 1939/45 Star, Africa Star (with 8th clasp), Defence Medal, War Medal & Australia Service Medal.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Abbotsford Vic, also his name is located at panel 51 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Alexander (d1950)and Teresa Cheong, of Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia.
Posting on Death: 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion, he was killed in action in Egypt. The siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days from April to November 1941, Private Joseph Henry Cheong was one of the Rats of Tobruk.
He was awarded the 1939/45 Star, Africa Star (with 8th clasp), Defence Medal, War Medal & Australia Service Medal.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Abbotsford Vic, also his name is located at panel 51 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Alexander (d1950)and Teresa Cheong, of Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia.
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HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. HE GAVE HIS ALL
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