The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Bates
- First Name:
- Edward Nimrod
- Nick Name:
- Ted
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX9018
- Classification:
- Rangetaker & Technical Storeman
- Company:
- 'A' Company
- Enlisted:
- 25.10.1940
- Discharged:
- 6.12.1945
- DOB:
- 16.08.1916
- Place of Birth:
- Mount Lawley, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Edward Russel Bates
- Mothers's Name:
- Ruth Bates
- Religion:
- Baptist
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Railway Fireman
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp Changi
- Force:
- 'A' Force Burma, Green Force, No. 3 Battalion.
- Camps Thailand:
- Tamarkan, Non Pladuk (selected for Japan but did not join party due to illness) Ubon, Bangkok (go-downs)
- Camps Burma:
- Thanbyuzayat, Reptu 30km (evacuated several times to hospital)
- POW#:
- 1493
- Return Details 1945:
- Thailand-Singapore by aircraft, Singapore-Fremantle, HMT Highland Brigade.
General Description
Please read of the men in A Coy No. 4 Platoon
Below: Bates and Pimlott recorded at Tamarkan Camp, Thailand.
Camp Locations:
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Non Pladuk, 0k - Thailand
- Tamarkan, Tha Makham 56k - Thailand
- Ubon - Thailand ***
- Reptu, Retphaw, 30Kilo 385k - Burma
- Thanbyuzayat, 415k - Burma
