SLATER, Albert
| Service Number: | WX17344 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 October 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 20 September 1921 |
| Home Town: | Mount Barker, Plantagenet Shire, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith's assistant |
| Died: | Beri-Beri whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 26 September 1943, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot 10. Row C. Joint Graves 13-14. Personal Inscription: - "BILLY" |
| Memorials: | Albany War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX17344, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
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| 22 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX17344, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Unfortunately very little is known about Albert "Billy" Slater's family and circumstances which led to Billy becoming the foster son of the Whinnerah family, in Albany, Western Australia nor as a foster son, how long Billy was with the Whinnerah family.
Albert Slater enlisted on 22nd October 1941, in Claremont, Western Australia, after basic training was transferred to 2nd/24th Machine Gun Battalion, E Company on 30th December 1941. On 16th January 1942, the 2nd/24th Machine Gun Battalion sailed from Fremantle aboard the ‘Aquitania’ disembarking on 24th January 1942 at Singapore. After the Battle of Singapore, Private Albert Slater become a prisoner of war (15th February 1942). At Selarang he was selected to work onThai-Burma Railway departing Singapore by train for Thailand on 17th March 1943.
Private Billy Slater died at Kuii Camp, Thailand on 26 September 1943, from Beri-Beri, six days after his 22nd birthday. He was interred in Kuii Camp Cemetery, Grave 181.
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