William James MACLAREN

MACLAREN, William James

Service Number: WX9611
Enlisted: 4 December 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born: Edinburgh, Scotland, 22 January 1898
Home Town: Margaret River, Augusta-Margaret River Shire, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Dairy farmer
Died: Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Burma, 25 February 1944, aged 46 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Tree Plaque: Margaret River Memorial Park
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Margaret River War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

4 Dec 1940: Enlisted Private, WX9611, Claremont, Western Australia
4 Dec 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX9611, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
25 Feb 1944: Involvement Private, WX9611, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Prisoners of War

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Biography

Parents were Kenneth and Jessie Maclaren and William was married to Janet and they lived and worked at Forrest Grove just south of Margaret River WA.

William held the rank of diver in the 4 Reserve Motor Transport Company.

He was a prisoner of war and died due to illness.

Grave ref at Thnbyuzayat War Cemetery A8 B 16