The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Williams
- First Name:
- Robert Edgar
- Nick Name:
- Mick
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX7263
- Company:
- ‘C’ Company
- Enlisted:
- 1.08.1940
- Discharged:
- 7.01.1946
- Place of Birth:
- Trafalgar, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Thomas Andrew Williams
- Mothers's Name:
- Ellen Beatrice Williams
- Religion:
- Church of England
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Drover, Miner and Truck Driver
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp Changi
- Force:
- ‘A’ Force Burma, Green Force, No. 3 Battalion.
- Camps Thailand:
- Tamarkan Hospital (8.1.1944), Nacompaton, Bangkok
- Camps Burma:
- Thanbyuzayat (evacuated to hospital 10.10.1942), Reptu 30km Hospital Camp (26.4.1943, acted as a medical orderly).
- POW#:
- 1489
- Return Details 1945:
- Thailand-Singapore by aircraft, Singapore-Fremantle, HMT Moreton Bay.
General Description
Soldier experienced some deafness to right ear following a bomb blast.
Camp Locations:
- Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Nacompaton, Nakom Pathom Hospital - Thailand
- Tamarkan, Tha Makham 56k - Thailand
- Reptu, Retphaw, 30Kilo 385k - Burma
- Thanbyuzayat, 415k - Burma