BLANCH, Albert William - WX35525

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Original items held by the Army Museum of Western Australia



Sgt Albert William Blanch
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Conflict World War 2
Service Arm Australian Imperial Force
Unit 2/27th Supply Depot Platoon
Service No. WX35525
Service Arm Army
Date of Birth 25 Apr 1919
Birthplace Perth, WA
Residence Bassendean, Perth, WA; Guildford, Perth, WA
Date of Death 29 Mar 2009
Relatives Father - Albert Joshia James Blanch


Demobilization Procedure Book





Sgt Blanch was responsible for maintaining the Section Roll Book and Attendance Register for No 16 A Detail Issue Depot. It contains details of all the soldiers in the section and can be found on the 2/27th Supply Depot Platoon page.





Invasion money





Printed material written in Japanese.





Photos and accompanying text in Malay.





Copy and translation of Emperor Hirohito's Surrender Declaration. Information to the people of Sara Wak after the surrender.





Invoice for supplies issued to the 37 Japanese Army surrendered troops by the 9th Australian Division.





Roll of past and present members of 2/27th Australian Supply Depot Platoon.





There were two copies of the "Table Tops" and four copies of "The Platypus" newspaper amongst the papers. They are linked here.

Table Tops - Number 74
Table Tops - Number 75
The Platypus - Volume 2 Number 40
The Platypus - Number 54
The Platypus - Number 55
The Platypus - Number 199





Newspaper articles