Stanley Cameron BURKE

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BURKE, Stanley Cameron

Service Number:	VX29141
Enlisted:	27 June 1940
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE
Born:	Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia, 9 July 1918
Home Town:	Ararat, Ararat, Victoria
Schooling:	Ararat High School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Bank clerk
Died:	Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Thailand, 29 January 1944, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 E 5,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

27 Jun 1940:	Involvement Sapper, VX29141, 2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Malaya/Singapore
27 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Caulfield, Victoria
27 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX29141

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Biography

Stanley was member of the staff of the Bank of New South Wales, Bairnsdale. He was educated at Ararat High School, where he was head prefect.

Corporal Stanley C. Burke, eldest son of Councillor and Mrs R.J. Burke, of Ararat, died on January 19, 1944, while a prisoner of Japan in Siam.

Cpl Burke had sailed for Malaya in 1944, and was attached to the 2/10th Royal Australian Engineers. Sapper Stanley Cameron Burke became a prisoner of war following the fall of Singapore in February 1942. Sapper Stanley Cameron Burke, 2/10 Field Company, RAE, he died of illness in Thailand on 29 January 1944.

"VX29141 Sapper Stanley Cameron Burke, 2/10 Field Company, RAE, of Ararat, Vic. He was a bank clerk prior to enlisting in June 1940. Spr Burke became a prisoner of war following the fall of Singapore in February 1942. He died of illness in Thailand on 29 January 1944. Spr Burke was 26 years of age. His brother VX60318 Corporal John Robert Burke, 42 Landing Craft Company, RAE, was killed in action in Bougainville on 9 June 1945." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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