The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Meakins
- First Name:
- Eric
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX7241
- Company:
- 'A' Company
- Enlisted:
- 1.08.1940
- Discharged:
- 14.12.1945
- DOB:
- 1.02.1918
- Place of Birth:
- Mt Lawley, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Joseph Henry Meakins
- Mothers's Name:
- Charlotte Smith Meakins
- Religion:
- Church of England
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Milk Vendor
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp and Barracks Changi
- Force:
- 'D' Force Thailand, S Battalion
- Camps Japan:
- Yamane, Nihama
- POW#:
- 8806, 1677
- Japan:
- Rashin Maru Party
- Return Details 1945:
- Wakayama-Okinawa, USS Sanctuary, Okinawa-Manila, USS Bingham, Manila-Morotai-Darwin, PBY Catalina aircraft A24-377, Perth by B24 Liberator aircraft A72-379.
General Description
Camp Locations:
- Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Nihama, Hiroshima #2-B- Japan
- Yamane, Hiroshima #3-D - Japan
