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SAYER, William John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | TX3199 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, 20 April 1905 |
| Home Town: | Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Drowned after Japanese torpedoed ship, 24 June 1944, aged 39 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore Memorial, Singapore |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Devonport WW2 and Korean Wars Supreme Sacrifice Memorial, Singapore Memorial, Yolla Honour Roll |
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World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, TX3199 | |
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| 11 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3199 | |
| 10 Apr 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3199, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Embarked 2MD, disembarked Middle East 14 May 1941. | |
| 13 Jan 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3199, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Embarked Middle East, disembarked Batavia 18 February 1942. | |
| 4 May 1942: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3199, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Date of wounding not given but probably February/March 1942; prior to reported missing. 4 May 1942 was when the Rear Echelon reported the wounding. | |
| 28 May 1942: | Imprisoned Reported Missing Believed Prisoner of War; Java. He was presumed drowned on 24 June 1944 near Nagasaki, Japan, when the POW transport ship he was on was sank by an Allied torpedo. |
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