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Fall of Ambon
Driver Doolan...
Driver Thomas William Doolan,
2/21st Battalion.
[AWM 133887]
Driver Thomas William Doolan (2/21st Battalion) was stationed at a large food dump in "B" Echelon at Kudmati on the outskirts of the town of Ambon. On 1 February, as the Japanese approached, the men moved to new action stations.
The cross from Tom Doolan's
grave on Ambon.
[RELAWM 30745]
It is believed that Doolan refused to leave and armed with six hand grenades,
a rifle and a revolver, he stayed, firing at the approaching Japanese from the
undergrowth. Members of Doolan's battalion located his body some days after the Australians surrendered and were allowed to bury him nearby in a marked grave. After the war the cross was removed from his grave and placed in the Australian War Memorial.
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Libya and the Siege of Tobruk 1941
Greece and Crete April-May 1941
Syria and Lebanon June 1941
Malaya December 1941 to Moresby May 1942
Australia under attack 1940-1945
Coral Sea, Kokoda, Milne Bay May-September 1942
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