The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Jenkins
- First Name:
- Stanley Raymond
- Nick Name:
- Clinker
- Rank:
- Pte
- Regimental #:
- WX7774
- Company:
- D Coy 2/3rd MGB
- Enlisted:
- 6.03.1939
- DOB:
- 6.03.1939
- Place of Birth:
- Moora WA
- Religion:
- C of E
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Painter & Carpenter
- Camps Thailand:
- Hintock
- Cause of Death:
- Cholera
- Place of Death:
- Hintock Thailand
- Date of Death:
- 21.07.1943
- Buried:
- Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Row R, Plot I, in one of graves 2-78.
General Description
Review WX7774 Stanley ‘Ray’ Jenkins’ military records held at NAA.
Jenkins was one of a part of 2/3rd MGB who was taken to Java where he became POW about 8 March 1942.
Most of the Australian POWs were either sent to work on the Burma-Thai Railway via Singapore or to work in Japan. Jenkins was sent to work on the dreaded Railway where he became ill and died.
Above: Record of Kinsaiyok POW Deaths, Thailand.
Sadly there are several West Australian 2/3rd included on this page – Watson, Dawe, Robinson, Withnell, Rainbird, Todd. Jenkins died of cholera 21 July 1943, the same date as 2/3 mates Holland and Withnell.
Between 18 – 22 July there were 15 cholera deaths on this page.
Jenkins family are from Moora.
Below: Purser and Jenkins families are related.
