MILNE, Gordon William Henry
| Service Number: | WX8461 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 18 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Albany, Western Australia , Australia , 31 March 1903 |
| Home Town: | Cottesloe, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Perth Modern School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | Illness whilst a prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 14 February 1945, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan War Memorial, Malaysia Panel 7 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boyup Brook Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia, Subiaco Perth Modern School WW2 Honour Board |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sapper, WX8461 | |
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| 18 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX8461 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
WX8461 Sapper Gordon William Henry Milne, 2/6th Field Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers 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 Milne, aged 41, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 14 February 1945.
He was the son of Charles Henry and Elizabeth Frances Milne, and the husband of Augusta May Milne, of Cottesloe, WA.
He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 7.
Source: AWM
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