COUGHLIN, Cyril James
| Service Number: | NX39189 |
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| 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, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Staff Sergeant , NX39189 | |
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| 21 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Paddington, New South Wales | |
| 21 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, NX39189, 2nd/15th Field Regiment |
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"...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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