Gallery
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WX17745 Charles ‘Charlie’ Henry FLETCHER
Irish-born Charlie enlisted 24nNov 1941, worked Burma-Thai Railway with ‘D’ Force V Battalion
Charlie died illness Non Pladuk, Feb 1944.
Charlie with his wife and two children.
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WX12663 Arthur Ernest ‘Artie’ FLOYED of Narrogin
Died malaria Sandakan 12 March 1945 aged 26 years
Artie was one of 71 men from 2/4th who died Sandakan
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MOJI HARBOUR, JAPAN
WHERE SO MANY ‘HELLSHIPS’ LANDED THEIR CARGO
OF POWS FROM SINGAPORE WW2
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Con Ryan, Wally Lynn & Ron Badock
1985 Reunion Bunbury
Courtesy Badock Family
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WX11629 Keith Bedford Mitchell worked M/O arriving 1 July 1943. We believe he remained here until Japanese began moving POWs working Burma end of rail link were brought south to Thailand about end of 1943 and railway was completed.
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WX7724 ALBERT SYDNEY PARKE
WAS MEDICAL ORDERLY AT 55KM KONKHAN HOSPITAL CAMP, BURMA FROM 7 JUL TO 19 OCT 1943 RUN BY DR. ALBERT ‘BERTIE’ COATES, A RENOWNED AUSTRALIAN SURGEON.
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WX9157 Albert ‘Snow’ TAPPER injured his arm working at 105 km Camp, Burma end of Railway,
evacuated to 55km Konkhan Hospital Camp, Burma where
Dr. Albert Coates, renowned
Australian Surgeon was in ‘Charge. ‘Snow’ became a medical orderly for ‘Bertie’ Coates. Others from 2/4th who were orderlies were Eric Baker, Bob Ritchie & Danny Bevis.
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WX9061 DANNY BEVIS was an invaluable medical orderly
with Eric BAKER & Bob RITCHIE to Dr Claude ANDERSON, 2/4TH MGB, Burma end of Burma-Thai Railway
especially throughout 1943.
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WX15743 Bob RITCHIE from Kojonup
was awarded BEM for services as Medcical Orderly on Burma-Thai Railway, assisting Dr Claude ANDERSON, 2/4TH MGB
Danny Bevis & Eric Baker also performed
invaluable medical orderly services
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WX8981 ERIC REGINALD BAKER
assisted Dr Claude ANDERSON as an orderly
with BOB RITCHIE & DANNY BEVIS
BAKER CONTRACTED & SURVIVED CHOLERA AT 105 KM CAMP 1943
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‘F’ Force Leaving Ban Pong to march more than 300 km north to Railway – Artist Murray Griffin
With acknowledgment to Anzac Portal
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WX9270 former Goldfields ‘Boy’
THOMAS JOSEPH FURY (Tom/Tommy)
KILLED DURING ALLIED AIR ATTACK ON
POW CAMP THANBYUZAT in BURMA 15 JUNE 1943 AGED 35
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