TANKO, Vincent Kerr
| Service Number: | NX34186 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 9 November 1912 |
| Home Town: | Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 7 February 1945, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia Panel 21 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Wagga Wagga Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Corporal, NX34186 | |
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| 17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX34186 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...NX34186 Lance Corporal Vincent Kerr Tanko, No. 1 Company, Australian Army Service 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. Lance Corporal Tanko, aged 32, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 7 February 1945. He was the son of Bertram Vincent and Hilda May Tanko, and the husband of Ruth Holland Tanko, of Wollongong, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 21..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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