The Soldier's Details

Surname:
Ladyman
First Name:
John Mercer
Rank:
Pte
Regimental #:
WX4120
Company:
D Coy 2/3rd MGB
Enlisted:
15.06.1940
DOB:
26.04.1918
Place of Birth:
Katanning WA
Father's Name:
Ladyman Arthur
Religion:
C of E
Pre-war Occupation:
Farmer
Camps Thailand:
Hintock
POW#:
6875, 36614 Thailand
Cause of Death:
Cholera
Place of Death:
Hintock Thailand
Date of Death:
28.07.1943
Buried:
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Row R, Plot I, in one of graves 2-78.

General Description

Review WX4120 John Mercer Ladyman‘s military records held at NAA.

 

Ladyman sailed from Java to Singapore with Java Force No. 6 and then was entrained to Thailand to work on the Burma-Thai Railway.   Please read further about the movements of this work force.

 

 

John Ladyman was a patient of Weary Dunlop’s at Hintok Mountain Camp when he died on 28 July 1943 of Cholera.  Dunlop recorded his death in his diary.
from “The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop” Java and the Burma Thai Railway.
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