SHAW, Ruben
| Service Number: | NX48206 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 September 1941, Paddington, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Parkes, New South Wales, 17 March 1908 |
| Home Town: | Millthorpe, Blayney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 19 July 1944, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Section P, Row AA, Plot 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Millthorpe & District Roll of Honour, Wagga Wagga Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Private, NX48206, Paddington, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX48206, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 19 Jul 1944: | Involvement Private, NX48206, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...NX48206 Private Ruben Shaw, 2/19th Battalion, Australian Infantry. 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 E Force. The 500 Australian and 500 British POW's who made up E Force, left Changi on 28 March 1943, on board the S.S. DeKlerk arriving at Berhala Island (adjacent to Sandakan Harbour) on 15 April 1943. The POW's were held there until 5 June, when they were taken by barge to Sandakan. The next day they were transferred to the 8 Mile Camp, which was about half a mile from the B Force compound. Private Shaw, aged 36, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 19 July 1944. He was the son of Christopher and Laura Shaw, of Millthorpe, NSW. He is buried in the Labuan Cemetery Section P, Row AA, Plot 9..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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