ELMORE, James Frederick
Service Numbers: | V38127, VX66131 |
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Enlisted: | 6 November 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Korumburra, Victoria, Australia, 2 March 1922 |
Home Town: | Korumburra, South Gippsland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese, Ambon, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 23 May 1945, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
6 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX66131, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion | |
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6 Nov 1940: | Enlisted V38127 | |
6 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX66131 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Private James Elmore was awarded the Commendation for Gallantry for actions following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army on 26 March 1945 until his death as a result of an escape attempt on 22 May 1945. He escaped from Tan Toey Camp on 26 March 1945 with another Australian Prisoner of War, Privvate Federick Schaefer, who is also being awarded a Commendation for Gallantry. - Courtesy Defence Honours and Awards