O'CONNOR, Hurtle Bernard
| Service Number: | VX47945 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/5th Field Hygiene Section |
| Born: | Mildura, Victoria, 3 September 1915 |
| Home Town: | Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Sandakan, Borneo, 27 July 1945, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave - Panel 25, Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia, Ranau Number 2 Prisoner of War Jungle Camp "The Last Camp Memorial" |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX47945, Caulfield, Victoria | |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX47945 | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 27 Jul 1945: | Involvement Corporal, VX47945, 2nd/5th Field Hygiene Section, Prisoners of War |
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"...VX47945 Corporal Hurtle Bernard O'Connor served with the 2nd/5th Field Hygiene Section of the Australian Army Medical Corps during World War Two. Taken prisoner at Singapore, he 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. Corporal O'Connor, aged 29, died due to illness as a prisoner of the Japanese on 27 July 1945. He was the son of Mr and Mrs E. M. O'Connor, of Mildura, Victoria. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 25." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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