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FORBES, Sydney Charles Smith
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX17475 |
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Enlisted: | 27 May 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 24 May 1916 |
Home Town: | Murrayville, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
Died: | Avitaminosis (vitamin deficiency) whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, , Thailand, 21 September 1943, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Plot 3, Row F, Collective Grave27-30. Personal Inscription: -"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS". |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX17475 | |
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27 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX17475 |
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