TENNYSON, Basil George
| Service Number: | VX37653 |
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| 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 |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX37653, Royal Park, Victoria | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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