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JONES, Victor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX15404 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | PERTH, WA, 13 January 1902 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, Borneo, 5 April 1945, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boyup Brook Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sapper, WX15404 | |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX15404 |
Personal Stories
POW
Sapper Victor Jones, 2/6th Field Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers.
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.
Sapper Jones, aged 43, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 5 April 1945. He was the son of Eleiza and Rosa Jones, and the husband of Madge Jones, of Chidlow, WA.
He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 7.
Submitted 17 March 2023 by Charlotte Hunt
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