Basil George TENNYSON

TENNYSON, Basil George

Service Number: VX37653
Enlisted: 18 July 1940, Royal Park, Victoria
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment
Born: Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 15 June 1919
Home Town: Preston, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Hat maker
Died: Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 7 May 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Panel 1, Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia
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World War 2 Service

18 Jul 1940: Enlisted Private, VX37653, Royal Park, Victoria
18 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX37653
4 Feb 1941: Transferred Gunner, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment
16 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
7 May 1945: Involvement Gunner, VX37653, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Prisoners of War

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...VX37653 Gunner Basil George Tennyson, 4th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. 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 E Force. The 500 Australian and 500 British POW's who made up E Force, left Changi on 28 March 1943, on board the S.S. DeKlerk arriving at Berhala Island (adjacent to Sandakan Harbour) on 15 April 1943. The POW's were held there until 5 June, when they were taken by barge to Sandakan. The next day they were transferred to the 8 Mile Camp, which was about half a mile from the B Force compound. Gunner Tennyson, aged 22, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 7 May 1945. He was the son of George Audley Tennyson and May Victoria Tennyson, of Preston, Vic. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 1..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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