Cyril James COUGHLIN

COUGHLIN, Cyril James

Service Number: NX39189
Enlisted: 21 July 1941
Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd/15th Field Regiment
Born: Inverell, New South Wales, 2 September 1914
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died of Illness, Borneo, 16 April 1945, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Labuan War Cemetery
Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Staff Sergeant , NX39189
21 Jul 1941: Enlisted Paddington, New South Wales
21 Jul 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, NX39189, 2nd/15th Field Regiment

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Biography

"...NX39189 Staff Sergeant Cyril James Coughlin, 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. Staff Sergeant Coughlin, aged 30, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 16 April 1945. He was the son of Edward John and Caroline Coughlin, and the husband of Josephine Ruby Coughlin, of Merewether, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 3..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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