The Soldier's Details

Review WX10433 Stuart Leckie‘s military records held at NAA.

 

Below:  Leckie’s name is recorded on this Thai POWS Camp – unfortunately we do not know the name of the camp.

 

 

 

Leckie was on POW Transport ship Tamahoko Maru with Java Party 20 when the ship was torpedoed by US submarines.  He was one of the fortunate who survived.  He was picked up and taken onto Japan where he was taken to Fukuoka 14B to work.

Leckie was recovered from Japan at the end of the war.

Please read about Tomohoko Maru

Stuart’s brother John Leckie also of 2/3rd was also on board transport ship Tamohoko Maru, but tragically John perished.

Tamahoko Maru Survivors from Western Australia included:

WX5300 JOHNSTON, Gervase Clifford

WX10433 LECKIE, Stuart James (bro. to John Henshaw Leckie who perished)

WX9911 McDONALD, Gordon Stanley John

WX18552 MONTEFIORO, Arthur Eric

WX2844 PARKIN, Charles Owen

WX11771 ROSS, Gordon

WX9943 TICKLE, Horace James  (later died illness)

Western Australians who Perished:

WX10551 DORAN, Edward John

WX12070 GLEADALL, John Alfred

WX3336 HAMILTON, Richard

WX6228 NORMAN, William George

WX14456 McCURDY, David Vincent

WX9863 LECKIE, John Henshaw (bro to Stuart James Leckie who survived).

Stuart m. about 1940 to Marjorie M Ashman.