WHEREAT, Merton Chanter
| Service Number: | NX27558 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 June 1940, Paddingon, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Service Corps |
| Born: | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 30 March 1904 |
| Home Town: | Croydon, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Officer |
| Died: | Illness, Borneo (Sandakan Camp), 22 March 1945, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Panel 20, Labuan Memorial (within Labuan War Cemetery). |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Staff Sergeant, NX27558, 14th Field Company Engineers, Paddingon, Sydney | |
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| 7 Aug 1941: | Embarked Staff Sergeant, NX27558, 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps, Fremantle, WA HMAT DD | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Interred in Borneo Camp | |
| 22 Mar 1945: | Involvement Sergeant, NX27558, Australian Army Service Corps, Unit 22, Australian Company AASCORPS 27 Composite Brigade Company Workshop |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Merton Chanter WHEREAT was born on 30th March, 1904 in Tenterfield, New South Wales
His parents were Edward William WHEREAT & Edith Anne CHANTER who married on 7th November, 1898 in Moama, NSW
He marriead Jean Margaret DUFF in Sydney in 1933 and had one known son Rodney
Merton enlisted on 20th June 1940 in Paddington and was with the 14th Field Company Royal Australian Engineers, 2nd Division (SN 439669) as a Quarter Master Sergeant & embarked from Fremantle, WA on 7th August, 1941 with the 2nd Company Australian Service Corp
He was taken Prisoner of War by the Japanese and interred in the Borneo Camp (Sandakan) on 16th February, 1942 after being transferred from Singapore, where he died from illness on 22nd March, 1945
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Labuan Memorial
Service information
Transferred to AASC , 8th Division 9th August, 1940
Appointed Acting Corporal 14th March, 1941
Transferred to 27 Brigade 24th July, 1941
Promoted Sergeant 1st January, 1942
Interred Borneo Camp 16th February, 1942
Units:
14th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers
2nd Company Australian Service Corp
Unit 22, Australian Company AASCORPS
27th Composite Brigade Company Workshop
IN LOVING MEMORY
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