STEWART, Alvo Benjamin
| Service Number: | QX19998 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 30 June 1941, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores Company |
| Born: | Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 5 July 1913 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Truck driver |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan - beri beri), Borneo, 4 February 1945, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 28. , Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia, Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Private, QX19998, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 30 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX19998 | |
| 1 Jul 1941: | Involvement Private, QX19998 | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 4 Feb 1945: | Involvement Private, QX19998, 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores Company, Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kay Danes
Place of actual death was at Mandorin, a tributary of Labuk. He was marching 60 miles from Sandakan and a marker is on the track where he fell.
"...QX19998 Private Alvo Benjamin Stewart, 2/3rd Ordnance Store Company, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. 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 Stewart, aged 31, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 4 February 1945. He was the husband of Ethel Catherine Stewart, of Valley, Qld. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 28..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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