The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- James
- First Name:
- Trevor Ernest John
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX8610
- Company:
- ‘B’ Company
- Enlisted:
- 18.10.1940
- Discharged:
- 17.01.1946
- DOB:
- 20.03.1917
- Place of Birth:
- Victoria Park, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- William Edward James
- Mothers's Name:
- Annie Blanche James
- Religion:
- Church of England
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Bootmaker and Driver
- Singapore:
- Selerang Camp Changi; Johore Bahru; Adam Park; River Valley Road Camp; Selarang Barracks Changi.
- Force:
- ‘D’ Force Thailand, S Battalion
- Camps Thailand:
- Kanu 11, Hintok Road Camp, Kinsaiyok, Tarsau, Chungkai, Tarnuang
- Camps Japan:
- Yamane; Niihama (copper refinery and wharves)
- POW#:
- 8794, 471 and 1641
- 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
back row: J Gregory, L O’neil, E Teasdale, A Newel, R Hindle
front: R Haldane, M Hunter, T James, F Hinds, D Parker
Anniversary Dinner 1987
Beryl Beattie, Trevor James, Alma & Dick Ridgwell
Trevor James, Jim Burns, Alf Worth, John Lane, Des Colevas, Bob Whitield, Joe Pearce (rear), Tom Pilmoor (front), Owen Morris, Jim Elliott, Ron Badock, Gordon Lynam
Back Row L-R: Jim Burns, John Lane, Jim Elliott, Cowboy Matthews, Frank Evans, Alf Worth, Trevor James, Wally Lynn, Les Cody, Owen Morris
Front Row L-R: Greg Burdon, Ron Badock, Des Coleves, Jim Gilmour, Joe Pearce.Back Row L-R: Jim Burns, John Lane, Jim Elliott, Cowboy Matthews, Frank Evans, Alf Worth, Trevor James, Wally Lynn, Les Cody, Owen Morris
In 1939 Electoral Roll Trevor was residing 1 Howick Street, Victoria Park working as a bootmaker. He was living with his father Wlm Edward James, who was working as a labourer.
Trevor m. about 1948 to Glenis Merton.
In 1954 Electoral Roll, Trevor and Glenis residing Lichfield St, Victoria Park. Trevor’s father was at Howick Street,Victoria Park.
In 1958, 1980 Electoral Roll Trevor and Glenis residing 34 Conochie Street, Manning working as a truck driver.
1977 Trevor was at Capel.
Trevor died 21 Dec 2009 at Ferndale. He was 92 years of age. He was cremated at Fremantle Cemetery.
Above: Trevor, Lou Lonsdale &Jim Elliott
Camp Locations:
- Johore Bahru, - Malaysia
- River Valley Road Camp - Singapore
- Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Chungkai, 60k - Thailand
- Hintok, 154k - Thailand
- Kanu II, 152.30k - Thailand
- Kinsaiyok Main, 170.2k - Thailand
- Tamuang, Tha Muang 39k - Thailand
- Tarsau, Tha Sao 125k - Thailand
