The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Jeffery
- First Name:
- Wiliam Laurence
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX17576
- Company:
- 'E' Company, Special Reserve Battalion
- Enlisted:
- 5.11.1941
- Discharged:
- 25.03.1946
- DOB:
- 29.01.1922
- Place of Birth:
- Geraldton, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Alfred James Jeffery
- Mothers's Name:
- May Jeffery
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Farmhand
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp Changi, Johore Bahru, Adam Park, Selarang Barracks Changi.
- Force:
- 'D' Force, V Battalion
- Camps Japan:
- Fukuoka sub-Camp No. 17, Omuta
- POW#:
- 632
- Japan:
- Aramis Party
- Return Details 1945:
- Nagasaki-0kinawa, USS Cape Gloucester, Okinawa-Manila, USSS Bingham, Manila-Morotai‐Darwin, PBY Catalina aircraft A24‐354 Darwin-Melbourne‐Perth by aircraft.
General Description
Bill Jeffery was POW at Brankassi and provided the following affadavit about events leading up to Bill Dwyer’s death to the War Crimes in 1946 (also POW Dave Runge of 2/20th Btn in Japan).
Camp Locations:
- Adam Park Camp - Singapore
- Johore Bahru, - Malaysia
- Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Omuta Miike, Fukuoka #17-B - Japan
