Born in Englad to James and Maria Lytton, Herbert enlisted in the A.I.F. on 15 December 1941 at Brisbane, Queensland and after training departed Australia as a re-enforcement for 2/26 Battalion.
Once in Singapore he was marched in to the 2/30 Battalion
Selected as a member of "B" Force, he was shipped to Sandakan P.O.W. Camp in Borneo, where he became Japanese P.O.W. Number 930.
He reportedly died of Malaria ar Ranau No 1 Jungle Camp after participating in the 2nd Death March and was buried in Ranau Jungle Camp Cemetery .
At this stage of the war, Japan could see that things were not going well for them, and the Commanders at Sandakan and Ranau had orders to kill all prisoners - no one was to be left alive.
To cover up many of the murders committed by the Japanese, many deaths were recorded as dying of Malaria.
Herbert's remains were able to be identified in the early 2000's, and were then interred in Labuan War Cemetery. Relics of his were also found at Ranau.
Herbert is commemorated in Australia at The Australian War Memorial at Canberra, and the P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat, Victoria.
Once in Singapore he was marched in to the 2/30 Battalion
Selected as a member of "B" Force, he was shipped to Sandakan P.O.W. Camp in Borneo, where he became Japanese P.O.W. Number 930.
He reportedly died of Malaria ar Ranau No 1 Jungle Camp after participating in the 2nd Death March and was buried in Ranau Jungle Camp Cemetery .
At this stage of the war, Japan could see that things were not going well for them, and the Commanders at Sandakan and Ranau had orders to kill all prisoners - no one was to be left alive.
To cover up many of the murders committed by the Japanese, many deaths were recorded as dying of Malaria.
Herbert's remains were able to be identified in the early 2000's, and were then interred in Labuan War Cemetery. Relics of his were also found at Ranau.
Herbert is commemorated in Australia at The Australian War Memorial at Canberra, and the P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat, Victoria.
Born in Englad to James and Maria Lytton, Herbert enlisted in the A.I.F. on 15 December 1941 at Brisbane, Queensland and after training departed Australia as a re-enforcement for 2/26 Battalion.
Once in Singapore he was marched in to the 2/30 Battalion
Selected as a member of "B" Force, he was shipped to Sandakan P.O.W. Camp in Borneo, where he became Japanese P.O.W. Number 930.
He reportedly died of Malaria ar Ranau No 1 Jungle Camp after participating in the 2nd Death March and was buried in Ranau Jungle Camp Cemetery .
At this stage of the war, Japan could see that things were not going well for them, and the Commanders at Sandakan and Ranau had orders to kill all prisoners - no one was to be left alive.
To cover up many of the murders committed by the Japanese, many deaths were recorded as dying of Malaria.
Herbert's remains were able to be identified in the early 2000's, and were then interred in Labuan War Cemetery. Relics of his were also found at Ranau.
Herbert is commemorated in Australia at The Australian War Memorial at Canberra, and the P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat, Victoria.
Once in Singapore he was marched in to the 2/30 Battalion
Selected as a member of "B" Force, he was shipped to Sandakan P.O.W. Camp in Borneo, where he became Japanese P.O.W. Number 930.
He reportedly died of Malaria ar Ranau No 1 Jungle Camp after participating in the 2nd Death March and was buried in Ranau Jungle Camp Cemetery .
At this stage of the war, Japan could see that things were not going well for them, and the Commanders at Sandakan and Ranau had orders to kill all prisoners - no one was to be left alive.
To cover up many of the murders committed by the Japanese, many deaths were recorded as dying of Malaria.
Herbert's remains were able to be identified in the early 2000's, and were then interred in Labuan War Cemetery. Relics of his were also found at Ranau.
Herbert is commemorated in Australia at The Australian War Memorial at Canberra, and the P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat, Victoria.
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