SHACKELL, Jervios Herbert
| Service Number: | NX32260 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 June 1940, Paddington, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/15th Field Regiment |
| Born: | Footscray, Victoria, 25 January 1915 |
| Home Town: | Balgowlah, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Auditor |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 14 April 1945, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX32260, Paddington, New South Wales | |
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| 19 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Bombardier, NX32260, 2nd/15th Field Regiment | |
| 14 Apr 1945: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, NX32260, 2nd/15th Field Regiment, Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...NX32260 Bombardier Jervois Herbert Shackell, 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. 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. Bombardier Shackell, aged 30, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 14 April 1945. He was the son of Alfred Wood Shackell and Sarah Elizabeth Shackell of Randwick, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 3..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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