BOVEY, Allen Robert
| Service Number: | QX18776 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/15th Field Regiment |
| Born: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 7 October 1921 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 24 April 1945, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia, Mackay St Pauls Uniting Church WW2 Honour Roll, Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, QX18776 | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Jul 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 10 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX18776, 2nd/10th Field Regiment | |
| 24 Apr 1945: | Involvement Gunner, QX18776, 2nd/15th Field Regiment, Prisoners of War | |
| 23 Dec 1945: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...QX18776 Gunner Allen Robert Bovey, 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. 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. Gunner Bovey, aged 23, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 24 April 1945. He was the son of Allen James Bovey and Hannah Bovey, of Mackay, Qld. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 2..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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