Enlistment : 21st August 1941
Place : Rockhampton
State : Queensland, Australia
Battalion : 2/26 Infantry Battalion (Reinforcement)
Service Number : QX23022
Work Party : F Force
Work Area : Shimo Sonkurai /Sonkurai, Thailand
Died at : Changi Hospital Camp
Cause : Debility
Original : Changi Camp A.I.F. P.O.W. Cemetery
Burial Site ............. Grave 123
Commemorated : Australian War Memorial, Canberra
in Australia ..... Ex P.O.W. Memorial Wall, Ballarat, Victoria
It would be safe to say that Frank died as a direct result of the lack of medicine, hygiene facilities and food combined with sadistic treatment and hard work that he experienced during his 8 1/2 months working on the Thai Burma Railway
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
Enlistment : 21st August 1941
Place : Rockhampton
State : Queensland, Australia
Battalion : 2/26 Infantry Battalion (Reinforcement)
Service Number : QX23022
Work Party : F Force
Work Area : Shimo Sonkurai /Sonkurai, Thailand
Died at : Changi Hospital Camp
Cause : Debility
Original : Changi Camp A.I.F. P.O.W. Cemetery
Burial Site ............. Grave 123
Commemorated : Australian War Memorial, Canberra
in Australia ..... Ex P.O.W. Memorial Wall, Ballarat, Victoria
It would be safe to say that Frank died as a direct result of the lack of medicine, hygiene facilities and food combined with sadistic treatment and hard work that he experienced during his 8 1/2 months working on the Thai Burma Railway
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
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