ANDERSON, Eric Roy
| Service Number: | VX67161 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 9 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Craftsman |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Ordnance Workshop |
| Born: | Coburg, Victoria, 29 August 1919 |
| Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sheet metal worker |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 9 February 1945, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Private, VX67161, Royal Park, Victoria | |
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| 9 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX67161 | |
| 26 Jan 1942: | Involvement Craftsman, VX67161, 2nd/10th Ordnance Workshop, Malaya/Singapore | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 9 Feb 1945: | Involvement Craftsman, VX67161, 2nd/10th Ordnance Workshop, Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Caz Bates
"...VX67161 Craftsman Eric Roy Anderson, 2/10th Ordnance Workshop, Australian Corps of Electrical & Mechanical 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. Craftsman Anderson, aged 25, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 9 February 1945. He was the son of Leslie Alexandera and Edith Maud Anderson, of Coburg, Vic. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 29..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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