Coming Soon.
![](/assets/poppy-90c5b4d15be02beb5cab9eecba1bed88a4bc8b79f40913a82c489426f92c088c.png)
WILKIE, James
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX8706 |
---|---|
Enlisted: | 23 October 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Perthshire, Scotland, 27 July 1908 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Plantation Owner/miner |
Died: | Illness, Borneo, 17 May 1945, aged 36 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boyup Brook Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX8706 | |
---|---|---|
23 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX8706, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Personal Stories
Help us honour James Wilkie's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my story