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YATES, Garth
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX9909 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 31 July 1940, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Division Salvage Unit |
| Born: | Angaston, South Australia, 27 February 1914 |
| Home Town: | Angaston, Barossa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 9 March 1945, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Panel 31, Labuan Memorial (within Labuan War Cemetery)., Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Angaston District WW2 Roll of Honour, Angaston War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 31 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, SX9909, Adelaide, South Australia | |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 1940: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX9909, 8th Division Salvage Unit, First time Yates was reported on duty at the 4th Military District, 30th September 1940. | |
| 4 Dec 1940: | Involvement Private, SX9909, 8th Division Salvage Unit | |
| 24 Apr 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX9909, 8th Division Salvage Unit, Entrained at Woodside for Alice Spring on the 24th April 1941 | |
| 17 Jul 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX9909, 8th Division Salvage Unit, Pre-embarkation leave from 17th July 1941 to 24th July 1941. | |
| 30 Jul 1941: | Embarked Private, SX9909, 8th Division Salvage Unit, HMT EE (Marnix van St Aldegonde), Melbourne | |
| 16 Aug 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX9909, 8th Division Salvage Unit, Disembarked from the HMT.EE at Singapore on the 16th August 1941. | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Involvement Private, SX9909, 8th Division Salvage Unit, Malaya/Singapore, Reported missing 16th February 1916. Service record states on 5th April 1943 that he is a POW but has no date recorded as to when he was imprisoned | |
| 9 Mar 1945: | Involvement Private, SX9909, 8th Division Salvage Unit, Prisoners of War, Died at Ranau, after first Sandakan Death March. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Thomas More College
Garth Yates, born in Angaston, South Australia on the 27th of February 1914 was a son to May Ada Yates (mother) and Percy Gerorge Yates (father). Yates had brown eyes, was single, had an appendix scar, was 5'8ft, and used to be a labourer prior to enlisting. He identified as being part of the Congregationalist faith
He became a Prisoner of War 15th February 1942. He died while imprisoned from an acute disease in Borneo, Singapore. He was buried at Panel 31, Labuan Memorial, Malaysia.
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