The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Watters
- First Name:
- Tom Murray
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX10761
- Company:
- Headquarters Company #3 Platoon Administration
- Enlisted:
- 15.01.1941
- Discharged:
- 16.01.1946
- DOB:
- 1.09.1907
- Place of Birth:
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Father's Name:
- Not Known
- Mothers's Name:
- Sarah Murray Watters
- Religion:
- Presbyterian
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Miner
- Java:
- ‘Blackforce’
- Camps Java:
- Bandoeng, Bicycle Camp Batavia, Makasura (May 1943)
- Return Details 1945:
- Java-Balikpapan‐Morotai-Darwin‐Perth by aircraft
General Description
Soldier served with the Territorial Army in the United Kingdom.
Tom was unable to reboard ‘Aquitania’ before she sailed from Fremantle to Singapore on 16 January 1942. He sailed several weeks later to Java and joined ‘Blackforce’. Please read further.
Please read about other 2/4th who remained Java and were recovered from there as Tom was.
Camp Locations:
- Bandoeng - Java ***
- Bicycle Camp, Batavia, Jakarta - Java ***
- Makasura - Java
