Kenneth George (Ken) WHITFIELD

WHITFIELD, Kenneth George

    Service Number: NX57533
    Enlisted: 25 July 1940, Paddington, NSW
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 8th Division Signals
    Born: Glenelg, South Australia, 4 February 1913
    Home Town: Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Illness while a POW of the Japanese , Japan, 21 April 1945, aged 32 years
    Cemetery: Yokohama War Cemetery
    PLOT Aust. Sec. E. B. 7. MEMORIAL ID12971679 , Yokohama War Cemetery, Yokohama, Kanto, Japan
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Municipality of Strathfield WW2 Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    25 Jul 1940: Involvement Corporal, NX57533
    25 Jul 1940: Enlisted Paddington, NSW
    25 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX57533
    7 Aug 1940: Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signaller, 8th Division Signals
    2 Feb 1941: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signaller, NX57533, 8th Division Signals, Embarked from Sydney on HMT "QM". Disembarked in Singapore on 19 Feb 1941.
    19 Dec 1941: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 8th Division Signals, Acting Corporal.
    10 Jan 1942: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 8th Division Signals
    15 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
    10 May 1943: Imprisoned Thai-Burma Railway POW Camp slave worker.
    15 Jan 1945: Imprisoned Fukouka POW Camp slave worker in Japan.
    21 Apr 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX57533, 8th Division Signals, P.O.W. Death.

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