LETHBRIDGE, Thomas Cyril
| Service Number: | NX45810 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 27 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Maitland, New South Wales, 9 December 1906 |
| Home Town: | West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Malaria, Borneo, 15 July 1945, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel no. 26 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Ranau Number 2 Prisoner of War Jungle Camp "The Last Camp Memorial" |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX45810 | |
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| 27 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Newcastle, NSW | |
| 27 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX45810 |
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Thomas Cyril LETHBRIDGE was born on 9th December, 1906 in West Maitland NSW
His parents were Herbert William LETHBRIDGE and Gertrude Ann BAKER
He married Veronica IRWIN in 1927 (divorced in 1935)
He enlisted with the 2/10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corp. on 27th June, 1940. He was one of over 200 allied prisoners of war held in the Sandakan POW camp in North Borneo having been transferred there from Singapore as a part of the B force. The 1494 POWs who made up B force were transported from Changi on7th July 1942 on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru arriving in Sandakan Harbour on 18th July 1942. Private Lethbridge died of malaria whilst a prisoner of the Japanese on 15th July 1945. Aged 38 years
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES
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IN MEMORIAM - Roll of Honour Sandakan
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