Reginald Edward SMITH

SMITH, Reginald Edward

Service Number: NX59118
Enlisted: 12 July 1940, Paddington, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion
Born: Marrickville, New South Wales, 21 March 1901
Home Town: Hurlstone Park, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 31 March 1945, aged 44 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorial panel 17, Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

12 Jul 1940: Enlisted Private, NX59118, Paddington, New South Wales
12 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX59118, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion
13 Jul 1940: Involvement Private, NX59118
31 Mar 1945: Involvement Private, NX59118, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War

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Biography

"...NX59118 Private Reginald Edward Smith, 2/30th 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 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. Private Smith, aged 36, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 31 March 1945. He was the husband of Mabel Oswald Smith, of Hurlstone Park, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 17..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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