The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Withnell
- First Name:
- Arthur
- Rank:
- Sgt
- Regimental #:
- WX4000
- Company:
- D Coy 2/3rd MGB
- Enlisted:
- 30.05.1940
- DOB:
- 25.11.1914
- Place of Birth:
- Northam WA
- Father's Name:
- Withnell Horace
- Mothers's Name:
- Withnell Annie (nee Morgan)
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Sewage Engineer
- Camps Thailand:
- Hintock
- POW#:
- 6868, 39411 Thailand.
- Cause of Death:
- Cholera
- Place of Death:
- Hintock, Thailand
- Date of Death:
- 19.07.1943
- Buried:
- Kanchanaburi Cemetery Row R, Plot 1, in one of graves 2-78.
General Description
Review WX4000 Arthur Withnell‘s military records held at NAA.
Kinsaiyok POW Camp Cemetery, Thailand,
Withnell died of cholera on 19 Jul 1943 the same day as fellow 2/3 soldier Rainbird. He was one of a large work force shipped from Java via Singapore to Thailand with commanding officer Weary Dunlop to work on the Burma-Thai Railway. Other 2/3rd to die of cholera at Kinsayok include Rainbird, Todd, Jenkins and Holland.
Watson, Robinson and Dawe died of dysentery at Kinsayok about the same time.
Above: The Withnell’s relief felt above would have been overwhelming sadness to learn of Arthur’s death.
From West Australian 22 September 1943
