William John (Bill) SAYER

SAYER, William John

    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 Kranji War Cemetery, Yolla Honour Roll

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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, TX3199
    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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