FORRESTER, Charles Henry
| Service Number: | NX67705 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 January 1941, Paddington, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 18 September 1918 |
| Home Town: | Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 15 June 1945, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia, Orange "Fallen of Orange" Memorial Banners, Orange Cenotaph, Orange WW2 Supreme Sacrifice Honour Board, Wagga Wagga Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Private, NX67705, Paddington, New South Wales | |
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| 22 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX67705, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Jun 1945: | Involvement Private, NX67705, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...NX67705 Private Charles Henry Forrester, 2/19th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo, having been transferred there from Singapore as a part of B Force. The 1494 POW's that made up B Force, were transported from Changi on 7 July 1942 on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru, arriving in Sandakan Harbour on 18 July 1942. Private Forrester, aged 26, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 15 June 1945. He was the son of Joseph James Forrester and Ethel Emily Forrester, of Orange, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 12..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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