FUSS, Cecil Roy
| Service Number: | SX9391 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 20 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
| Born: | Moonta, South Australia, 28 March 1900 |
| Home Town: | Moonta, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Monta Mines Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Illness whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Borneo, 17 March 1945, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 21. Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Lameroo Oval Memorial Gates, Moonta Mines Public School Honour Roll WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, SX9391, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 20 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, SX9391 | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 17 Mar 1945: | Involvement Lance Corporal, SX9391, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul O'Bree
"...SX9391 Lance Corporal Cecil Roy Fuss, 4th Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo, having been transferred there from Singapore as a part of E Force. The 500 Australian and 500 British POW's who made up E Force, left Changi on 28 March 1943, on board the S.S. DeKlerk arriving at Berhala Island (adjacent to Sandakan Harbour) on 15 April 1943. The POW's were held there until 5 June, when they were taken by barge to Sandakan. The next day they were transferred to the 8 Mile Camp, which was about half a mile from the B Force compound. Lance Corporal Fuss, aged 44, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 17 March 1945. He was the son of Frederick Charles and Annie Marie Fuss, and the husband of Stella Fuss, of Lameroo, SA. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 21..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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