The Soldier's Details

Surname:
Thatcher
First Name:
James Pryor
Nick Name:
Jim
Rank:
Sgt
Regimental #:
WX2848
Company:
D Coy 2/3rd MGB
Enlisted:
20.05.1940
DOB:
27.03.1915
Place of Birth:
Fremantle WA
Father's Name:
Thatcher Ernest Tom
Religion:
C of E
Pre-war Occupation:
Farmer
Camps Thailand:
Tarso
POW#:
6907, 38847 Thailand.
Cause of Death:
Amoebic Dysentry
Place of Death:
Tarso, Thailand
Date of Death:
22.11.1943
Buried:
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Row K, Plot 1, Grave 38, THAILAND

General Description

Review WX2848 James Thatcher‘s military records held at NAA.

Above:  POW deaths at Tarsau Hospital Camp. On this page West Australians  Thatcher and Rowse from 2/3rd.   James Thatcher died 22 Nov 1943 of dysentery.  
He sailed from Java to work on the Burma-Thai Railway.
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