BOYLE, Claude Russell
| Service Number: | NX35254 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 8 September 1916 |
| Home Town: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 7 February 1945, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX35254, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
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World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX35254, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...NX35254 Private Claude Russell Boyle, 2/19th Battalion, Australian Infantry. 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 E Force. The 500 Australian and 500 British POW's who made up E Force, left Changi on 28 March 1943, on board the S.S. DeKlerk arriving at Berhala Island (adjacent to Sandakan Harbour) on 15 April 1943. The POW's were held there until 5 June, when they were taken by barge to Sandakan. The next day they were transferred to the 8 Mile Camp, which was about half a mile from the B Force compound. Private Boyle, aged 28, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 7 February 1945. He was the son of Lilian Miriam Blanche Boyle; nephew of Mrs E. M. McSwain, of Cheltenham, Vic. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 12..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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