Gallery
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Bill Struthers with his family Scotland prior to
Sailing to West Australia
Bill standing centre back
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WX8738 William ‘Bill’ STRUTHERS
sent Ubon POW Camp, Thailand in early 1945
Scottish born Struthers was recovered from here war’s end
(Please read his personal story)
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WX7576 Norman Simmonds
Prior to enlishtment Simmonds was an amateur boxer and wrestler
Known as ‘Bushy Top’
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WX15744 Lesley ‘Les’ Wallace LEE
b. No Man’s Lake, Narrogin 1916
Local Newspaper ‘The Narrogin Observer’ – Dorakin-ToolIbin social pages wrote a meaningful welcome
‘Welcome Home to Les Lee, who has been a
POW of Japan since the Fall of Singapore.
May your shadow never grow less, Les.’
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WX10382 John WARRINGTON
Worked Burma-Thai Railway with ‘D’ Force Thailand T Battalion No. 4 Section under CO W.O.II John Dooley
Recovered from Ubon, Thailand at end of war
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Sgt John Maurice RUTHERFORD, HQ COY, No. 1 Signals
Took Command of 1 Platoon following deaths of Lt Curnow, Lt. Royce, Sgt Ben Hansen Hill 200, Ulu Pandan 12 Feb 42
John Rutherford died 13 Oct Chungkai Hospital Camp aged 22 years, following evacuation from Burma-Thai Railway with D Force, V Battalion
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WX15893 Stephen Edward ‘Ted’ ROOTS
b. 1921 Albany, enlisted 2/4th MGB, reinforcement ‘A’ Coy
POW sent Korea with Japan ‘B’ Party
Released by Russians at Konan Carbide Factory, Korea
Returned to Albany after war
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WX8228 LANCE SGT NORMAN HERBERT GRANT
DRIVER TO ‘C’ COY HQ
LEFT SINGAPORE WITH ‘A’ FORCE GREEN FORCE NO. 3 BATTALION TO WORK BURMA END OF BURMA-THAI RAILWAY – SURVIVED TO BE SELECTED TO WORK JAPAN SAILED WIH ‘AWA’ MARU PARTY TO WORK NO.17 OMUTA MINE WHERE HE WAS UNDERGROUND SUPERVISOR, RETURNED FROM MANILA ON HMAS SPEAKER TO SYDNEY, THEN DOMINION MONARCH SYDNEY TO FREMANTLE.
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Burma. c. February 1945. An action picture taken on an unidentified part of Burma-Thailand railway. The railway embankment was badly damaged in an attack by RAF Liberator bomber aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command (We wish to acknowledge AWM)
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Tamarkan Camp, Thailand. c. September 1945. View of Tamarkan POW camp showing rows of huts with thatched attap roofs & open walls. It was adjacent to two bridges which spanned Mae Klong River (renamed Kwai Yai River 1970). 65 km north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk) & five kilometres north of Kanchanaburi. Photographed by War Graves Commission survey party whose task was to locate POW cemeteries & grave sites along Burma-Thailand railway. They took opportunity to recover equipment & documents which had been secretly buried, under instructions from senior POW officers, in the graves of deceased POWs. (We acknowledge and thank AWM)
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CHANGI MAIN GATE SEPT 1945
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WX8986 Sgt David HOLM 7 PLATOON 2/4TH MGB
WIA Pasir Panjang 14.2.1942 received GSWs to skull, right hand & legs. Died cerebral abscess 1900 hours on 2.3.1942 aged 24 years. HOLM born England.
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