GOWER, Egbert Harry
| Service Number: | QX17462 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 July 1940, Kelvin Grove, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps |
| Born: | Springsure, Queensland, 29 June 1901 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 15 September 1942, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Section R, Row A, Plot 8, Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, QX17462, 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps, Malaya/Singapore | |
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| 29 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Kelvin Grove, Queensland | |
| 29 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX17462 | |
| 15 Sep 1942: | Discharged |
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"QX17462 Private Egbert Harry (Burt) Gower, 2nd Company. 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 POWs 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 Gower, aged 41, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 15 September 1942. He was the son of William Morton Gower and Emily Gower. He is buried in the Labuan Cemetery Section R, Row A, Plot 8." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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