REYNOLDS, Charles
Service Number: | NX69272 |
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Enlisted: | 10 March 1941 |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy |
Born: | Sheffield, England, 30 October 1902 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 5 June 1945, aged 42 years |
Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX69272 | |
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10 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Private, NX69272, Paddington, New South Wales | |
10 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX69272, 2nd/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy | |
16 Feb 1942: | Involvement Driver, NX69272, 2nd/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"... NX69272 Driver Charles Reynolds, 2/3rd Motor Ambulance Company, Australian Army Service Corps. 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. Driver Reynolds, aged 42, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 5 June 1945. He was the son of Alleyne and Alice Elizabeth Reynolds, of Hove, Sussex, England. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 22..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)