Stanley James AKERS

AKERS, Stanley James

Service Number: WX26482
Enlisted: 21 July 1942, Dandarragan, Western Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
Born: Collie, Western Australia, 2 February 1922
Home Town: Collie Burn, Collie, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Garage Assistant
Died: Killed in Action, Tarakan, Borneo, 4 May 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Labuan War Cemetery
Burial reference: - Plot 15. Row S. Grave 12. Personal Inscription: - "RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL OUR SON, OUR BROTHER, LOVED BY ALL".
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

21 Jul 1942: Enlisted Private, WX26482, Dandarragan, Western Australia
21 Jul 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX26482, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
4 May 1945: Involvement Private, WX26482, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

Son of James George Akers, 41 Roberts Street, Collie WA