The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Starcevich
- First Name:
- Joseph Frederick
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX8758
- Company:
- ‘B’ Company
- Enlisted:
- 23.10.1940
- Discharged:
- 13.02.2946
- DOB:
- 20.08.1915
- Place of Birth:
- Laverton, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Joseph Starcevich
- Mothers's Name:
- Gertrude May Starcevich
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Farmer and Miner
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp Changi, Johore Bahru, Adam Park, Selarang Barracks Changi.
- Force:
- ‘D’ Force Thailand, Captain Fred Harris Party
- Camps Thailand:
- Kanchanaburi, Tarsau, Hintok, Kinsaiyok, Hindato, Konkoita, Tarsau, Non Pladuk
- Camps Japan:
- Fukuoka sub-Camp No. 17, Omuta
- POW#:
- 4/6657 & 603
- Japan:
- Aramis Party
- Return Details 1945:
- Nagasaki-Okinawa, USS Cape Gloucester, Okinawa-Manila, USS Bingham, Manila-Morotai-Darwin PBYCatalina aircraft A24-379, Darwin-Perth, B24 Liberator aircraft A24-379.
General Description
Soldier’s left leg was injured in a rock fall below ground on 5/1/1945. The leg in question was amputated over 50 years later.
Camp Locations:
- Adam Park Camp - Singapore
- Johore Bahru, - Malaysia
- Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Hintok, 154k - Thailand
- Kanchanaburi, 50k - Thailand
- Kinsaiyok Main, 170.2k - Thailand
- Non Pladuk, 0k - Thailand
- Tarsau, Tha Sao 125k - Thailand
- Omuta Miike, Fukuoka #17-B - Japan
