Sydney ROBERTS

ROBERTS, Sydney

Service Number: QX13600
Enlisted: 1 July 1940, Kelvin Grove, Qld, Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Leicester, England, 27 June 1902
Home Town: Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Yardsman
Died: Illness, (POW of Japan) Sandakan, Borneo, 21 May 1945, aged 42 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
(CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Panel 15, Labuan Memorial (within Labuan War Cemetery) Labuan Federal Territory., Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Ranau Number 2 Prisoner of War Jungle Camp "The Last Camp Memorial", Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, QX13600, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
1 Jul 1940: Enlisted Private, QX13600, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Kelvin Grove, Qld, Australia
1 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX13600, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
30 Jul 1941: Embarked Private, QX13600, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Ship: 30/07/1941, H.M.T E.E., for Singapore - Dissembarked: 23/08/1941.
23 Aug 1941: Involvement Private, QX13600, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
15 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, POW - Prisoner of War: 15/02/1942, (POW of Japan) Died of Illness, 21/05/1945, Sandakan, Borneo.
8 Jul 1942: Embarked Private, QX13600, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Ship: 08/07/1942, "England Maru", (POW of Japanese) "B Force", from Singapore, to Sandakan Camp, Borneo; (NAA, Pg-5).

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of Francis Edward & Maud Emma ROBERTS.