COGGINS, Peter Robert Newby
| Service Number: | NX59163 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales Australia, 2 August 1917 |
| Home Town: | Wahroonga, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Knox Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 7 June 1945, aged 27 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, Wahroonga Knox Grammar School Old Boys' War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, NX59163, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
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| 13 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, NX59163, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Peter Robert Newby COGGINS was born in Sydney on 2nd August, 1917
His parents were Sydney Joseph COGGINS & Marjorie May O'BRIEN who married in Sydney in 1916
He died in Borneo as a Prisoner of War on 7th June 1945 - no known grave
His name is listed in the Australian War Memorial & the Labuan Memorial
Biography
"...NX59163 Sergeant Peter Robert Newby Coggins, 2/18th 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 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. Sergeant Coggins, aged 27, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 7 June 1945. He was the son of Sydney Joseph and Marjorie May Coggins, of Wahroonga, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 9..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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