Gordon John MAKIM

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MAKIM, Gordon John

Service Number:	NX42217
Enlisted:	31 July 1941, ,2/19th Battalion,22nd Brigade,8th Division,AIF. Member of "E"Force. Gordon transferred from 2/20th Battalion to 2/19th Battalion on 26th January 1942,just prior to the fall of Singapore on 15th February 1942. Gordon's name appears on the nominal and P.O.W rolls of both battalions.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, 3 July 1920
Home Town:	Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer and Grazier
Died:	Illness, Borneo, 17 June 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave. Remembered with Honour at the Labuan Memorial,Borneo. Panel Number 14, Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX42217
31 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Private, NX42217, ,2/19th Battalion,22nd Brigade,8th Division,AIF. Member of "E"Force. Gordon transferred from 2/20th Battalion to 2/19th Battalion on 26th January 1942,just prior to the fall of Singapore on 15th February 1942. Gordon's name appears on the nominal and P.O.W rolls of both battalions.
7 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX42217, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion

Gordon's story

NX42217.Pte,2/19th Battalion,22nd Brigade,8th Division,AIF.Member of "E"Force.

Gordon transferred from 2/20th Battalion to 2/19th Battalion on 26th January 1942,just prior to the fall of Singapore on 15th February 1942. Gordon's name appears on the nominal and P.O.W rolls of both battalions.

Gordon died at the hands of the Japanese at Sandakan,Borneo, on 17th Jun 1945.Whether he died in camp at Sandakan and was buried in the jungle, or died on the forced march is not known.

No known grave. Remembered with Honour at the Labuan Memorial,Borneo.Panel Number 14. Gordon John Makim's name is located at panel 45 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.

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