LEEDHAM, Clarence Albert
| Service Number: | SX8097 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 6 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
| Born: | Parkside, South Australia, Australia , 29 September 1901 |
| Home Town: | Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Sandakan POW camp, Borneo, 18 February 1945, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan War Memorial, Malaysia Panel 5 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Brighton Glenelg District WW2 Honour Roll, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, SX8097, Adelaide, South Australia | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX8097 | |
| 7 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, SX8097 | |
| 18 Feb 1945: | Involvement Sapper, SX8097, 2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Prisoners of War | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"SX8097 Sapper Clarence Albert Leedham, 2/10th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers. 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 B Force. The 1494 POW's that made up B Force, were transported from Changi on 7 July 1942 on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru, arriving in Sandakan Harbour on 18 July 1942. Sapper Leedham, aged 43, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 18 February 1945. He was the son of Albert Edward and Martha Leedham, and the husband of Grace Ida Leedham, of Enmore, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 5..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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