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BIRD, James Emanuel
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX67878 |
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Enlisted: | 28 January 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Reading, Berkshire, England, 21 January 1902 |
Home Town: | Casino, Richmond Valley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Barman / Porter at Commerical Hotel, Casino |
Died: | Dysentery whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Borneo, 10 October 1942, aged 40 years |
Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Personal Inscription: - "IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR BROTHER "JIM". HE WAS LOVED BY ALL" Burial reference: - Plot R, Row A, Grave 7. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Lismore St. Andrew's Anglican Church Sandakan Memorial Plaque |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX67878 | |
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28 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX67878 | |
16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Died of disease whilst a prisoner of war interned in Borneo Camp. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - William James Bird and Agnes Mary Trim married October 1893 in Reading, Berkshire, England.