WHITE, Stuart Harold
Service Number: | VX32185 |
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Enlisted: | 14 June 1940, Royal Park, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps |
Born: | Armadale, Victoria, 18 August 1919 |
Home Town: | Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 6 February 1945, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Memorial Location: Panel 25, Labuan Memorial, 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
14 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX32185, Royal Park, Victoria | |
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14 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX32185 | |
6 Feb 1945: | Involvement Private, VX32185, 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps, Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cheryl Wilson
"...VX32185 Private Stuart Harold White, No. 2 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. Private White, aged 25, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 6 February 1945. He was the son of Gilbert George and Nancye White, of Toorak, Vic. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 25..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)