Dudley Francis ARGUS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 3 Jan 1911 - Queensland, Australia 22
Christening:
Death: 12 Feb 1997 - Redcliff, Queensland, Australia ( at age 86) 22
Burial: 1997 - Kippa-Ring, Morton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Robert Nicholas ARGUS (1884-1970)
Mother: Susan SEIB (1887-1972) 22
Spouses and Children
1. *Evelyn ALLISON (13 Feb 1911 - 18 Apr 1990)
Marriage: 29 Aug 1936 - Church of Christ Bundaberg
Status:
Children:
1. Donald Robert ARGUS AC
2. David William ARGUS
Edgar Percival ARGUS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 14 Oct 1901 - Echuca, Victoria, Australia
Christening:
Death: 2 Aug 1979 - ( at age 77)
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Parents
Father: Albert William ARGUS (1873-1942)
Mother: Lucy Agnes SANDILANDS (1872-1906)
Spouses and Children
1. *Elsie May COLLINS (1907 - 1976)
Marriage: 9 Jun 1926
Status:
Children:
1. Joan Veronica ARGUS
2. Audrey Patricia ARGUS
Edgar Samuel John ARGUS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 25 Apr 1916 - Kerang, Victoria, Australia
Christening:
Death: 13 Jul 1945 - Hainan Island, China ( at age 29) 16,29
Burial: in Yokohama War Cemetry, Yokohama, Japan
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Edgar ARGUS (1888-1949)
Mother: Agnes MAHER (1887-1932)
Notes
General:
World War 11 - Service Number VX25556
Place of enlistment - Caulfield Victoria
Next of kin - Edgar Argus
CASUALTY DETAILS
Name: ARGUS, EDGAR SAMUEL JOHN
Initials: E S J
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Private
Regiment: Australian Infantry
Unit Text: A.I.F. 2/21 Bn.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 13/07/1945
Service No: VX25556
Additional information: Son of Edgar Samuel and Agnes Argus, of Koondrook, Victoria, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Aust. Sec. D. C. 1.
Cemetery: YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Edgar Samuel John Argus
Rank Private [Pte]
Service Number VX25556
Unit 2/21 INF BN
Service Army
Conflict 1939-1945
Date of Death 13 July 1945
Place of Death Hainan Island
Cause of Death Illness
Source AWM147 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, 2nd AIF (Australian Imperial Force) and CMF (Citizen Military Force)
Hainan Island
Hainan Island (China) contained a Prisoner of War Camp operated by the Japanese.
On 25 October 1942 , 263 prisoners of war (under Lieutenant Colonel W. R. J. Scott) were transferred from Ambon to Hainan Island in the Taiko Maru . Conditions on Hainan Island were primitive and barbaric, and at the end of the war, only 182 were alive.
A Diary was kept by Alan Murnane and can be found at:
http://www.australiansatwar.gov.au/stories/stories_ID=176_war=W2.html
Other accounts with photos are at:
http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/stolenyears/ww2/japan/ambon/index.asp
Prisoners of War - E S J Argus
E S J Argus
Service number: VX25556
Rank: Private
Unit: 2/21 Battalion
Conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945
Theatre of war: Ambon
Casualty: Prisoner of War
Location of camp: Ambon
Source: Prisoner of War reported by OC unit
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Edith Ann ARGUS
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1863 - Darebin, Victoria, Australia 11
Christening:
Death: 1941 - ( at age 78)
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Parents
Father: Thomas ARGUS (1817-1906)
Mother: Edith Veale COLE (1821-1903) 19
Spouses and Children
1. *Alfred Walter THOMAS (21 May 1860 - )
Marriage: 1883 - Victoria, Australia 11
Status:
Children:
1. Alfred Amos THOMAS (1885- )
2. Edith Priscilla THOMAS (1884- )
3. Henry Arthur THOMAS (1886- )
4. William G THOMAS (1905-1981)
5. Amos THOMAS
6. Percy THOMAS
7. Ivy M THOMAS (1896- )
8. Walter Joseph THOMAS (1898- )
9. Florence Dorothy THOMAS (1901- )
10. John Percival THOMAS (1890-1954)
Notes
General:
Birth: Registration No 16416 Marriage: Registration No 1389 --Other Fields aka: 955 11
Edith Newell ARGUS
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 18 Sep 1917
Christening:
Death: 2017 - ( at age 100)
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Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Percy Mervyn ARGUS (1889-1964)
Mother: Ellen Johnson NEWELL (1891- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Ronald SECKER
Children:
1. Janet SECKER
2. Mervyn SECKER
3. Rhonda SECKER
Edith Stewart ARGUS
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 21 Mar 1906
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Parents
Father: Stewart William ARGUS
Mother: Edith Florence BELL
Edith Veale ARGUS
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: Jan 1888 - Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 11
Christening:
Death: Feb 1888 - Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 11
Burial: 18 Feb 1888 - Coburg, Victoria, Australia
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Parents
Father: John Henry ARGUS (1852-1910)
Mother: Emma WOOLACOTT (1851-1923)
Notes
General:
Birth: Registration No 2873
Died at age 7 weeks
Death: Registration No 1458 11
Edna ARGUS
Sex: F
Individual Information
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Parents
Father: Leslie Leonard Henderson ARGUS (1912-1980)
Mother: Daphne Lillian LANGMAN
Edward ARGUS
Sex: M
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Ann BLUNT
Children:
1. Annie ARGUS (1902- )
Eileen Joan ARGUS
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1 Feb 1938
Christening:
Death: 31 Jul 2015 - ( at age 77)
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Richard Frederick ARGUS (1903-1974)
Mother: Eliza Anne WARE (1903-1971)
Spouses and Children
1. *James MORONEY
Children:
1. Michael MORONEY
2. Sean MORONEY
3. Paul James MORONEY