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MCMURTRIE, William Meikle
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX18497 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 6 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia , 20 October 1901 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 29 March 1944, aged 42 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 24. Row D. Grave 15. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Warwick Roll of Honour WWII, Warwick War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sapper, QX18497 | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Aug 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 6 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX18497 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Captured and detained by the Japanese Occupation Force, at Tan Toey (Tantui) Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) Camp, Ambon Island. | |
| 29 Mar 1944: | Discharged | |
| 29 Mar 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Ambon, Member of Gull Force, died on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Nature of death recorded as beri beri. |
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