CRAWFORD, Valmont Oswald
| Service Number: | TX5206 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 February 1941, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Ordnance Workshop |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 22 October 1912 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 7 June 1945, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 29., 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
| 25 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Private, TX5206, Launceston, Tasmania | |
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| 25 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX5206 | |
| 7 Jun 1945: | Involvement Private, TX5206, 2nd/10th Ordnance Workshop, Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Darren Hennessey
"...TX5206 Private Valmont Oswald Crawford, 2/10th Field Ordnance Workshop, Australian Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. 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 Crawford, aged 32, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 7 June 1945. He was the son of Robert Ernest and Mabel Crawford, and the husband of Gladys May Crawford, of Invermay, Tas. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 29." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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