BLEWETT, Cecil Bertie
| Service Number: | WX8159 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 16 August 1940, Claremont, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/6th Field Park Company |
| Born: | London England, 5 August 1901 |
| Home Town: | Tammin, Tammin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank manager |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 23 March 1945, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 6, Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boyup Brook Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Tammin Memorial Gates |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Private, WX8159, Claremont, Western Australia | |
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| 16 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, WX8159 | |
| 17 Aug 1940: | Involvement WX8159 | |
| 23 Mar 1945: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, WX8159, 2nd/6th Field Park Company |
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"...WX8159 Lance Sergeant Cecil Bertie Blewett, 2/6th Field Park Company, Royal Australian 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. Lance Sergeant Blewett, aged 43, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 23 March 1945. He was the son of John and Agnes Blewett, and the husband of Mary Florence Blewett, of Greenbushes, WA. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 6..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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