Vernon Kingsley (King) HYAM

HYAM, Vernon Kingsley

Service Number: SX10723
Enlisted: 14 December 1940
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park
Born: Murray Bridge, South Australia, 1 December 1918
Home Town: Jervois, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Schooling: Jervois Public School
Occupation: Truck Driver
Died: Illness, Japan, 28 December 1944, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Labuan War Cemetery
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Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Jervois Memorial Gates, Jervois Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

14 Dec 1940: Involvement Private, SX10723, Enlistment/Embarkation WW2
14 Dec 1940: Enlisted Wayville, South Australia
14 Dec 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX10723
28 Dec 1944: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Driver, SX10723, 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography

Born  1 December 1918, Murray Bridge, South Australia

Father  Walter Mark HYAM and Mother  Ethel Maud HUTCHINSON

17/12/1940     Enlisted in WWII at Wayville, South Australia

17/2/1945       Captured in Singapore by Japanese, and taken Prisoner of War (POW)

A Driver in the Ammunition Sub-Park

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       as they have not yet been scanned for viewing.***

28/12/1944     Vernon died of illness in Japan
buried in:        Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia

Thank you to Darryel McLean for his information.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  24/4/2015.  Lest we forget.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mr and Mrs W. HYAM of Jervois, River Murray, SA.  Educated at Jervois Public School with a good record he took a keen interest in football and was one of the best players with the Jervois Association Team who were premiers 11 years in succession.  In civilian life Vernon drove his brother's lorry for the S.A.F. Union picking up milk along the River Settlements.  He enlisted in July 1940.