Fernly James BURKE

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BURKE, Fernly James

Service Number:	SX4577
Enlisted:	6 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Maitland, SA, 2 February 1911
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Illness, Borneo, 7 June 1945, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

6 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, SX4577
6 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
6 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX4577
Date unknown:	Involvement

Sandakan P.O.W.

Fernly James Burke 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.
Private Burke, aged 34, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 7 June 1945. He was the son of Michael and Mary Emma Burke, of Maitland, SA and resided in Port Pirie South Australia.
He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 22.

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