TYSOE, Harry
| Service Number: | WX9226 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Burton on Trent, England, 22 March 1908 |
| Home Town: | Denmark, Denmark, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bridge builder/Ganger |
| Died: | POW of Japan - cardiac failure & beri-beri, Japan, 26 November 1943, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Yokohama War Cemetery Section B.A. 14, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Denmark War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Private, WX9226, Claremont, Western Australia | |
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| 30 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX9226, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 26 Nov 1943: | Involvement Private, WX9226, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Harry TYSOE was born on 22nd March, 1908 in Burton on Trent, England
His parents were Roger TYSOE & Martha Ann WALKER
He married Eileen Jessie CROSS on 24th May 1932 in Western Australia - 4 children, Derek, Tony, Hazel & Bernie (deceased)
Harry died at the Osaka Camp, Japan as a Prisoner of War
Biography contributed by Geoff Tilley
Harry Tysoe was born in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire England in March 1908 England to parents Roger and Martha Ann Tysoe. Harry was one of eight boys. His family emigrated to Australia, arriving in Fremantle, Western Australia in November 1912. The family moved to the Denmark area taking up farming.
In May 1932 Harry married a Eileen Jessie Cross where they had four children. His occupation was listed as a bridge builder/ganger.
Harry enlisted into the Second AIF in October 1940 at Claremont. At the time of his enlistment his wife was pregnant with their fourth child. He conducted his basic training at Northam attached to the 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion.
In January 1942 embarked for Singapore arriving on the 25th January where the battalion was taken to Woodlands Camp. By this time the Japanese were bombing Singapore by air. Harry with the battalion went into action on 8th February 1942. A week later Singapore was overrun by the Japanese Imperial Army with the battalion suffering heavy casualties and where all now taken prisoner by the Japanese.
Harry was sent to Changi Prison and other different camp in Singapore for 16 months where he worked in working parties. It was in May 1943 that Harry along with other prisoners formed J Force and embarked for Japan arriving at Moji Port, Kyusha Japan in June 1943 with Harry sent to Kobe with other Australian prisoners by train where they were all set to work in the many industries in the Port of Kobe.
By the November the winter weather arrived with many of the prisoners suffering from colds and influenza. It was on 7th November that Harry was admitted to hospital suffering from influenza and acute beri-beri. It was on the 26th November 1943 that Harry died from his illnesses he was 35 years of age.
Harry was cremated at Kobe where his ashes were kept with other prisoners of war at the temple called Juganji in Osaka. His ashes where later re-inturned at the Yokahama War Cemetery.
Harry’s family would not receive news of his fate until two years later.
Private Harry Tysoe you are remembered with honour.
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