BROWN, Milton
| Service Number: | NX26267 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 18 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Picton, New South Wales, 13 June 1914 |
| Home Town: | Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 20 June 1945, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Plot 16, Row D, Grave 16, Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Wagga Wagga Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX26267, Paddington, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX26267 | |
| 20 Jun 1945: | Involvement Private, NX26267, 2nd/10th Field Ambulance , Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...NX26267 Private Milton Brown, 2/10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical 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. Private Brown, aged 31, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 20 June 1945. He was the son of George and Alice Brown and the husband of Sadie Irene Brown, of Goulburn, NSW. He is buried in the Labuan Cemetery Section 16, Row D, Plot 16..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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