James William ARMSTRONG

ARMSTRONG, James William

Service Number: NX67672
Enlisted: 22 January 1941, Paddington, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Dental Units - Army WW2
Born: Temora, New South Wales, Australia, 19 July 1920
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 12 July 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Panel 27 Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia, Ranau Number 2 Prisoner of War Jungle Camp "The Last Camp Memorial"
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World War 2 Service

22 Jan 1941: Enlisted Private, NX67672, Paddington, New South Wales
22 Jan 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX67672
12 Jul 1945: Involvement Private, NX67672, Dental Units - Army WW2, Prisoners of War

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...NX67672 Private James William Armstrong, 17th Dental Unit, Australian Army Dental 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 Armstrong, aged 24, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 12 July 1945. He was the son of James William and Esther Sarah Mary Armstrong, of Mayfield, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 27." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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