The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Hadfield
- First Name:
- Ralph William
- Nick Name:
- Whacker
- Rank:
- Corporal (Promoted on 24.1.1942)
- Regimental #:
- WX7246
- Classification:
- Rangetaker
- Company:
- ‘C’ Company, No. 10 Platoon (Section Corporal)
- Enlisted:
- 1.04.1940
- Discharged:
- 2.05.1946
- DOB:
- 12.08.1917
- Place of Birth:
- Leonora, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Herbert Thomas Hadfield
- Mothers's Name:
- Nancy Teresa Hadfield
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Dairyman and Truck Driver
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp Changi; Johore Bahru, Adam Park (4.4.1942-27.12.1942); Selarang Barracks Changi (27.12.1942-14.3.1943)
- Force:
- ‘D’ Force Thailand, S Battalion
- Camps Thailand:
- Tarsau (27.3.1943-24.4.1943); Kanu II (25.4.1943-11.7.1943; Hintok River Camp (11.7.1943-23.8.1943); Tarsau (23.8.1943-26.4.1944); Tamuang (26.4.1944-21.6.1944)
- Camps Japan:
- Yamane (10.9.1944-18.5.1945); Niihama (18.5.1945-13.9.1945)
- POW#:
- 4 /4500, 8730 and 1546
- Japan:
- Rashin Maru Party
- Return Details 1945:
- Wakayama‐Okinawa, USSSanctuary; Okinawa-Manila, USS Bingham; Manila-Sydney, HMS Speaker; Sydney-Melbourne-Perth by troop train
General Description
Wenn Collection – 10 Platoon
Back L-R: Jimmy Quinn, Les Marriott, Johhny Clare, Clarrie Henderson, Ralph Hadfield. Front L-R: Don Maning, Wenn, Ern Ricketts.
Whilst working at Yamane he was bashed on head by mechanical shovel and was ‘sick’ 15.8.1945.
Front: George Chatfield, Norm Thompson, Claude Dow, Andrew “Mick” Lambie.
Ralph Hadfield married in 1946 to Grace J. Whittington.
He died in 1992.
Camp Locations:
- Adam Park Camp - Singapore
- Johore Bahru, - Malaysia
- Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Hintok River Camp, 158k - Thailand
- Kanu II, 152.30k - Thailand
- Tamuang, Tha Muang 39k - Thailand
- Tarsau, Tha Sao 125k - Thailand
- Nihama, Hiroshima #2-B- Japan
- Yamane, Hiroshima #3-D - Japan
