Roy David (Big Ginge) MACONACHIE

MACONACHIE, Roy David

Service Number: WX9801
Enlisted: 6 December 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Dundee, Scotland, 31 May 1920
Home Town: Bassendean, Bassendean, Western Australia
Schooling: Perth Modern School, Perth, Western Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese, Borneo, 3 June 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boyup Brook Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Subiaco Perth Modern School WW2 Honour Board
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, WX9801
6 Dec 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX9801, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion

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