The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Lind
- First Name:
- James
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX16332
- Company:
- Headquarters Company
- Enlisted:
- 3.09.1941
- Discharged:
- 23.11.1945
- DOB:
- 22.09.1905
- Place of Birth:
- Peebles, Scotland
- Father's Name:
- James Lind
- Mothers's Name:
- Catherine Lind
- Religion:
- Presbyterian
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Farmer
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp Changi
- Force:
- 'A' Force Burma, Green Force
- Camps Thailand:
- Tamarkan, Bangkok (medical orderly)
- Camps Burma:
- Khonkan 55km Hospital Camp (placed on staff)
- POW#:
- 2926
- Return Details 1945:
- Saigon-Bangkok-Singapore by aircraft, Singapore-Brisbane by aircraft, Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne-Perth by troop train.
General Description
Soldier wounded in action 15/2/1942. Admitted to 2/13th Australian General Hospital with a gunshot wound to right temporal region on 16/2/1942. Dishcharged to unit 21/2/1942.
Soldier was originally on Awa Maru Party but missed the draft due to illness and joined Both party which departed Singapore for French-Indo China 2/2/1945.
Was recovered from Saigon at the end of war.
Camp Locations:
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Tamarkan, Tha Makham 56k - Thailand
- Khonkan, 55Kilo Hospital 360k - Burma
- Saigon - French Indo China
