DAVID, Evan
| Service Number: | VX36368 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1 March 1902 |
| Home Town: | Apollo Bay, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mechanic [Tractors & Trucks] |
| Died: | Illness while a POW of the Japanese , Thailand, 2 July 1945, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 P 53, Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX36368 | |
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| 6 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX36368, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian Fox
Evan was among the troops who departed the Middle-East and were chosen as part of Blackforce to defend the Island of Java after the fall of Singapore. They disembarked in Java on 18 Feb 1942. The Japanese landed from 28 February onwards.
Blackforce and 2/105 GT Coy withdrew through Bandung towards Pameungpeuk on the south coast, hoping for evacuation but without prospect of this or effective resistance, it was surrendered on 9 March 1942.
Evan had survived being a POW of the Japanese for over three long years only to die of Malaria on 02 Jul 1945, one month prior to Japan agreeing to surrender on 14 Aug 1945.
[Source: Colac Family History Project/WW2 Honour Roll]
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