KING Alan Joseph AM MID

Australian Army PoW Born Ascot Vale VIC 26 June 1911 Died Bentley WA 18 December 2011

Service No: WX3356. 1939 Merchant Navy. 1940-47 AIF 7th Field Ambulance 6th Division. Mentioned in Despatches. PoW Germany 1941-45. Palestine, Egypt, Libya, AGH 1945 -47. RSL State Executive, Life Member. Chairman War Veterans’ Homes. Meritorious Service Medal 1986 KstJ & Bar. Honorary Colonel 1972-74. Legacy Chairman Craig House. WA Director Medical Services Social Service 1963-76 Awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) – For services to the Community, in particular the Returned and Services League of Australia, and the St John Ambulance Brigade in Western Australia: 26 January 1998