ANDERSON, Albert
| Service Numbers: | N79005, NX69261 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy |
| Born: | Paddington, New South Wales, 26 July 1905 |
| Home Town: | Glebe, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 11 May 1945, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave - Panel 22, also Roll of Honour, Glebe, New South Wales, Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N79005 | |
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| 7 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Private, NX69261, Paddingon, New South Wales | |
| 7 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX69261, 2nd/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy | |
| 11 May 1945: | Involvement Private, NX69261, 2nd/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy, Prisoners of War |
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Son of Andrew and Amelia Maria Anderson; husband of Doris May Rose Anderson, of Glebe Point, New South Wales
"...NX69261 Private Albert Anderson, 2/3rd Motor Ambulance Company, Australian Army Service Corps. 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. Private Anderson, aged 39, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 11 May 1945. He was the son of Andrew and Amelia Maria Anderson, and the husband of Doris May Rose Anderson, of Glebe Point, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 22..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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