The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- O’Meara
- First Name:
- Joseph Patrick
- Nick Name:
- Brum
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX7981
- Classification:
- Driver
- Company:
- ‘D’ Company
- Enlisted:
- 13.08.1940
- Discharged:
- 14.03.1946
- DOB:
- 13.04.1919
- Place of Birth:
- Doodlakine, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Jeremiah James O’Meara
- Mothers's Name:
- Alice O’Meara (nee Hubble)
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Teamster and Farmhand
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp and Barracks Changi
- Force:
- ‘D’ Force Thailand, S Battalion
- Camps Thailand:
- Kanu II, Chungkai
- POW#:
- 4 /6467 and 8829
- Return Details 1945:
- Thailand‐Singapore by aircraft; Singapore-Fremantle, HMT Moreton Bay
General Description
O’Meara was wounded in action at Buona Vista on 15/2/1942. Admitted to 13th Australian General Hospital on 15/2/1942 with a shrapnel wound in the left thigh. Discharged to unit on 28/2/1942.
As a POW in Singapore he was sent to work on Burma-Thai Railway with ‘D’ Force Thailand S Battalion. Leaving by train in May 1943 in very crowded trucks they arrived in Thailand 5 days later and headed to the Hellfire Pass Region. Please read D Force S Battalion
He was recovered at the end of the war in Thailand.
His parents Jeremiah O’Meara and Alice Hubble 1909 in Northam.
Joe married June Friend in Northam in 1946.
Camp Locations:
- Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Chungkai, 60k - Thailand
- Kanu 1 151.00k - Thailand
