Stuart Harold WHITE

WHITE, Stuart Harold

Service Number: VX32185
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
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World War 2 Service

14 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, VX32185, Royal Park, Victoria
14 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX32185
6 Feb 1945: Involvement Private, VX32185, 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps, Prisoners of War

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Biography 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)

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