Frederick Arthur EVANS

EVANS, Frederick Arthur

Service Number: 37304
Enlisted: 17 June 1941
Last Rank: Aircraftman
Last Unit: RAAF Station Darwin
Born: Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 28 April 1918
Home Town: Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: North Newtown Junior High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Clerk, F Adams Publisher
Died: Prisoner of War , Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, , 6 February 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 37304
17 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF Ground Training Schools
17 Jun 1941: Enlisted 37304
6 Feb 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 37304, RAAF Station Darwin, Air War SE Asia 1941-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Following the Japanese invasion of Ambon Island a group of RAAF personnel working in support of Gull Force were captured trying to escape to Ceram. They were executed by the Japanese at Laha between the 6th and 20th of February 1942

Post-war their bodies were located in a mass grave; four individuals were positively identified and are buried in Ambon War Cemetery with the remaining seven commemorated on the Ambon Memorial to the missing

Positively identified; buried in Ambon War Cemetery with official date of death 6 of February 1942

Wing Commander Scott 250101

Flying Officer Verey 261029

Corporal Gaskin 16645

Aircraftman Evans 37304

Group burial; commemorated on the Ambon Memorial with official date of death 20 February 1942

Squadron Leader Anderson 253

Flight Lieutenant White 260624

Leading Aircraftman Walker 27521

Sergeant Read 406222

Aircraftman Harris 24987

Flight Sergeant Baker 402700

Flying Officer Meyer 290745

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