BOARD, William Edward
| Service Number: | NX68405 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy |
| Born: | Parramatta, New South Wales, 11 November 1898 |
| Home Town: | Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver & Mechanic |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 11 September 1942, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Section Q, Row A, Plot 15, Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Paddington, New South Wales | |
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| 4 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX68405, 2nd/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy | |
| 4 Jun 1941: | Involvement Private, NX68405, 2nd/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy, Australia's Northern Periphery | |
| 7 Dec 1941: | Involvement Driver, NX68405, 2nd/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy, Malaya/Singapore | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Prisoners of War, Transferred to B Force Sandakan |
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"...NX68405 Driver William Edward Board, 2/3rd Motor Ambulance Company, Australian Army Service 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. Driver Board, aged 44, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 11 September 1942. He was the son of Edward Henry and Emily Finn Board and the husband of Florence Louise Board, of Ashfield, NSW. He is buried in the Labuan Cemetery Section Q, Row A, Plot 15..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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