The Soldier's Details

Surname:
Harvey
First Name:
Norman Angus
Nick Name:
Twiddle
Rank:
Pte
Regimental #:
WX2795
Company:
D Coy 2/3rd MGB
Enlisted:
19.06.1940
DOB:
17.01.1916
Place of Birth:
Perth WA
Religion:
C of E
Pre-war Occupation:
Tractor Driver
Camps Thailand:
Tarso
POW#:
6859, 35943 Thailand.
Cause of Death:
Amoebic Dysentry
Place of Death:
Tarso Thailand
Date of Death:
27.01.1944
Buried:
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Row L, Plot I, Grave 14.

General Description

Review WX2795 Norman Harvey‘s military records held at NAA.

 

Harvey was sent with a work force via Singapore to Burma-
Thai Railway from Java.  He is recorded having died at Tarsau POW Hospital Camp, Thailand  of amoebic dysentery 27 Jan 1944.

 

 

Other 2/3 West Australian who died at Tarsau include Rowse, Thatcher, Woodall, Nielsen and Woodley.
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