James Emanuel (Jim) BIRD

BIRD, James Emanuel

Service Number: NX67878
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX67878
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.

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - William James Bird and Agnes Mary Trim married October 1893 in Reading, Berkshire, England.