HAZELGROVE, Mitchell Bronte Farrell
| Service Number: | NX7357 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Craftsman |
| Last Unit: | Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
| Born: | Bega, New South Wales, Australia , 31 January 1919 |
| Home Town: | Bega, Bega Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 27 January 1945, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia Panel 19 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
World War 2 Service
| 8 May 1941: | Enlisted Private, NX7357, Paddington, New South Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX7357 | |
| 9 May 1941: | Involvement Private, NX7357 | |
| 8 Jun 1942: | Embarked Private, NX7357, Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Light Aid Detachment no. 84 Ship: MV MacDHUI | |
| 27 Jan 1945: | Involvement Craftsman, NX7357, Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Mitchell Bronte Farrell HAZELGROVE was born on 31st January, 1919 in Bega, NSW
His parents were Edmund Horace HAZELGROVE and Mary Bell SMITH who married in 1917 in Eden, NSW
He enlisted in Paddington on 8th May, 1941 and was with the 84th Light Aid Detachment attached to the Australian Corps of Electircal & Mechanical Engineers - he embarked from Sydney on 8th June, 1942 on the MV MacDHUI
He was one of over 2000 allied prisoners of war held in Sandakan POW camp in North Borneo, having been transferred there from Singapore as part of B Force The 1494 POWs that made up B Force were transported from Changi on 7th July 1942 on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru arriving in Sandakan Harbour on 18th July.
Mitchell died of Illness at the Sandakan POW Camp in Borneo on 27th January, 1945
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial, the Labuan Memorial, the POW Memorial in Ballarat and the Sandakan Roll of Honour
"When you go home, tell them of us and say,
for your tomorrow we gave our today"
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