DIXON, Thomas Fielding Utley
| Service Number: | NX43404 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 August 1941, Paddington |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 10 September 1913 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand & Labourer |
| Died: | Malaria whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Borneo, 24 January 1945, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia Panel 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Lismore St. Andrew's Anglican Church Sandakan Memorial Plaque |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX43404 | |
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| 22 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, NX43404, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion, Paddington | |
| 22 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX43404, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Jul 1942: | Imprisoned | |
| 24 Jan 1945: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, NX43404, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Thomas Fielding Utley DIXON was born in Lismore, NSW on 10th September, 1913
His parents were Thomas DIXON & Annie Agnes SCHNEIDER who married in Lismore in 1911
He enlisted with the Australian Army in Paddington, Sydney on 22nd August, 1941 and was with the 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion
He was taken Prisoner of War (No. 628) by the Japanese and left Changi in Singapore on 7th July 1942 on the ship Ubi Maru and arrived in Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp (No. 1) on 18th July, 1942
Thomas died of Malaria on 24th January, 1945 and was buried in the Sandakan No. 1 Compound Cemetery - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Labuan Memorial
IN MEMORY
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