SHERIDAN, James Albion
| Service Number: | VX57668 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Dunolly, Victoria, Australia, 15 December 1905 |
| Home Town: | Merbein, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness whilst a prisoner of war, Burma, 20 October 1943, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A4, C, 12. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Merbein Memorial Gates, Merbein Memorial Walls |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX57668 | |
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| 13 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX57668, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion | |
| 20 Oct 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX57668, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
James Albion SHERIDAN was born in Dunolly in Victoria on 15th December, 1905
His parents were Charles James SHERIDAN & Lillian COSSTICK who married in the Presbyterian Manse in Maryborough, Victoria on 7th September, 1900
He married Nellie Maria JAMES in 1936 in Victoria.
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In February 1942 the 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion was returning to Australia from the Middle East aboard the HMAT Orcades.
Upon reaching Indonesia they were ordered to assist in the defence of Java following the fall of Singapore.
The troops from the Orcades, which also included the 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, the 2/6th Field Company and other support units combined with a battery of American artillery and a Squadron of the 3rd Kings Own Hussards to form the "Black Force" in an attempt to defend Java.
Dutch forces and Black Force were ordered to surrender on 8th March, 1943.
Most of Black Force including Private Sheridan were made prisoners of war
On 20th October, 1943 aged 38 he died in Burma while working on the Burma Thailand railway
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