GREENWOOD, Robert John
| Service Number: | NX40435 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 24 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia, 15 December 1917 |
| Home Town: | Quirindi, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Illness, Borneo, 24 June 1945, aged 27 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, Quirindi & District Memorial and Clock Tower |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement NX40435 | |
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| 24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX40435, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Jun 1945: | Imprisoned Taken prisoner of war after the fall of Singapore and died on the Sandakan death march 24 June 1945 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Maurice Weston Greenwood and Vera Lenore Greenwood, of Quirindi, New South Wales.
Died In Japanese
Prison Camp
QUIRINDI: Mr. Maurice Greenwood has received official word that his son Corporal Robert John Greenwood, previously reported a prisoner of war in Japanese hands, is now reported to have died while a prisoner of war on June 24 last.
The late Cpl. Greenwood was 27 years of age, a native of the district, and a member of a highly-respected family. Besides his father he is survived by five brothers and eight sisters —Dudley, James, Kenneth, Neville, Ronald, Alice (Mrs W. McInnes), Lil, Vera, Thyra (AAMWS), Verlie, Lucy, Joan and Frances.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From The Hungerford and Associated Families Society, Newsletter #64 August 2022
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour name projection
– Robert John Greenwood (E.2.7a.3b.2c)
Every evening between sunset and sunrise, the Australian War Memorial projects the names of Australian war service personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice. On the night of Friday 24 June 2022 at 7:47pm, the name ‘GREENWOOD R.J.’ was screened onto the dome of the AWM’s Hall of Memory. It lasted for 30 seconds, but some of the family of Robert John Greenwood (E.2.7a.3b.2c) were present in the grounds to witness this event and pay tribute.
Donna and David Jameson (E.2.7a.3b.13c.1d) met up with his cousins Lesley and Kerry Greenwood (E.2.7a.3b.9c.1d and 5d respectively) and Kerry’s husband Terry Gras in Canberra’s brisk night air to view the projection of their uncle’s name. The date was significant for Robert’s family. June 24 was the day he enlisted as a soldier in World War II in 1940. It was also the day he died in 1945 on the Second Death March from Sandakan to Ranau in North Borneo. This particular screening date is believed to be purely coincidental, as individual names are projected in groups by conflict or operation. Each of the 102,000 names on the Roll of Honour is projected once every three months.
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