WILKINS, Kenneth
| Service Number: | NX10451 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 12 March 1919 |
| Home Town: | Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman packer |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 3 February 1945, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Mudgee District Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Mudgee Memorial Clock Tower, Mudgee WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 14 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, NX10451, 2nd/10th Field Ambulance , Kenneth Passed 3 Feb 1945 as a POW in Borneo | |
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| 14 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX10451 | |
| 15 May 1941: | Involvement Private, NX10451 | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945 | |
| 3 Feb 1945: | Involvement Private, NX10451, 2nd/10th Field Ambulance , Prisoners of War |
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Kenneth Wilkins mother was the champion Runner ( sprinter also known as a Pedestrian) Hazel Meers. His uncle Cyril Meers was also a champion Runner. The Meers family were a very well known and well-respected family in Mudgee.
"...NX10451 Private Kenneth Wilkins, 2/10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical 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 Wilkins, aged 25, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 3 February 1945. He was the son of Oscar and Hazel Mary Wilkins, of Sydney, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 27..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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