The Soldier's Details

Surname:
Roberts
First Name:
Gordon Maitland
Rank:
L/Cpl
Regimental #:
WX2625
Company:
D Coy 2/3rd MGB
Enlisted:
19.06.1940
Discharged:
21.01.1946
DOB:
5.03.1919
Place of Birth:
Moora WA
Father's Name:
Roberts MW
Religion:
C of E
Pre-war Occupation:
Farm hand
POW#:
6896, 38149 Thailand

General Description

Review WX2625 Gordon Robert‘s military records held at NAA.

 

Roberts was part of the 2/3rd Battalion which was sent to Java where they became POWs of Japan about 8 March 1942.  He was selected to work on the Burma-Thai Railway in Thailand. Gordon was a POW recovered from Thailand at the end of the war.
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