The Soldier's Details

Surname:
Wood
First Name:
Kenneth Walter
Nick Name:
Ken
Rank:
Cpl
Regimental #:
WX7433
Company:
HQ Coy 2/3rd MGB
Enlisted:
6.08.1940
Discharged:
24.01.1946
DOB:
12.04.1918
Place of Birth:
Subiaco WA
Father's Name:
Wood Herbert
Religion:
C of E
Pre-war Occupation:
Labourer
POW#:
6831, 39424 Thailand.

General Description

Review WX7433 Kenneth Walter Wood‘s military records held at NAA.

Taken to Java with a large number of 2/3rd, Wood was taken POW about 8 March 1942.
Most of the Australian POWs were either sent to work on the Burma-Thai Railway or to work in Japan.
Wood was sent with a work party to the Railway probably via Singapore. He was recovered from Siam at the end of the war.
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