BAZZO, James Vincent
| Service Number: | QX19172 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pomona, Queensland, 10 July 1915 |
| Home Town: | Pomona, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Pomono State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness - Cholera, Thailand, 20 May 1943, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A6. A. 6. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Gympie WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX19172 | |
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| 17 Mar 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 13 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX19172, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, QLD, Australia | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Son of James & Agathea BAZZO nee RODER, of Pomona, Noosa Shire, Queensland.
LOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. J. BAZZO OF POMONA, QUEENSLAND...R.I.P.
Roll of Honour: Pomona, Noosa Shire, Queensland.
PRISONER OF WAR'S DEATH
Advice received by Mr. J. Bazzo of Pomona, stated that his son, QX19172 Private James Vincent Bazzo, who had been a prisoner of war since the fall of Singapore, had died on May 20 1943 at a prison camp. The cause of death is stated to have been cholera.
Survived by parents, sisters Bridget Donovan, Mary Craven, Vienna Cook Katie Sheaffe, Eleanor and Teresa and brothers Patrick, Andrew and Alexander Bazzo