Born to George and Annie Garner, Evelyn enlisted in the A.I.F. at Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on 4 July 1940.
Originally Blue was marched into the 3 Training Company, he was transferred to the 2/26 Infantry Battalion in early December 1940.
He was one of several members of 2/26 Battalion chosen as part of "A" Force, which left Singapore in 1942. The majority of "A" Force were never to return to Singapore.
He was assigned to a work party under Lt. Col. George Ramsay of 2/30, which was to be known as Ramsay Force, and slaved on the Mergui - Burma end of the Railway.
On completion of the railway, many members of "A" Force were kept in various POW Camps throughout Thailand, with a majority being sent to Bangkok from where they were selected to go to Japan to work in the mines.
The unmarked Japanese P.O.W. Ship Rakuyo Maru was sunk by a U.S. Submarine on its way to Japan. Very few P.O.W. were rescued.
He is commemorated in Australia at The Australian War Memorial at Canberra; and the Ex-P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat, Victoria.
Originally Blue was marched into the 3 Training Company, he was transferred to the 2/26 Infantry Battalion in early December 1940.
He was one of several members of 2/26 Battalion chosen as part of "A" Force, which left Singapore in 1942. The majority of "A" Force were never to return to Singapore.
He was assigned to a work party under Lt. Col. George Ramsay of 2/30, which was to be known as Ramsay Force, and slaved on the Mergui - Burma end of the Railway.
On completion of the railway, many members of "A" Force were kept in various POW Camps throughout Thailand, with a majority being sent to Bangkok from where they were selected to go to Japan to work in the mines.
The unmarked Japanese P.O.W. Ship Rakuyo Maru was sunk by a U.S. Submarine on its way to Japan. Very few P.O.W. were rescued.
He is commemorated in Australia at The Australian War Memorial at Canberra; and the Ex-P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat, Victoria.
Born to George and Annie Garner, Evelyn enlisted in the A.I.F. at Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on 4 July 1940.
Originally Blue was marched into the 3 Training Company, he was transferred to the 2/26 Infantry Battalion in early December 1940.
He was one of several members of 2/26 Battalion chosen as part of "A" Force, which left Singapore in 1942. The majority of "A" Force were never to return to Singapore.
He was assigned to a work party under Lt. Col. George Ramsay of 2/30, which was to be known as Ramsay Force, and slaved on the Mergui - Burma end of the Railway.
On completion of the railway, many members of "A" Force were kept in various POW Camps throughout Thailand, with a majority being sent to Bangkok from where they were selected to go to Japan to work in the mines.
The unmarked Japanese P.O.W. Ship Rakuyo Maru was sunk by a U.S. Submarine on its way to Japan. Very few P.O.W. were rescued.
He is commemorated in Australia at The Australian War Memorial at Canberra; and the Ex-P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat, Victoria.
Originally Blue was marched into the 3 Training Company, he was transferred to the 2/26 Infantry Battalion in early December 1940.
He was one of several members of 2/26 Battalion chosen as part of "A" Force, which left Singapore in 1942. The majority of "A" Force were never to return to Singapore.
He was assigned to a work party under Lt. Col. George Ramsay of 2/30, which was to be known as Ramsay Force, and slaved on the Mergui - Burma end of the Railway.
On completion of the railway, many members of "A" Force were kept in various POW Camps throughout Thailand, with a majority being sent to Bangkok from where they were selected to go to Japan to work in the mines.
The unmarked Japanese P.O.W. Ship Rakuyo Maru was sunk by a U.S. Submarine on its way to Japan. Very few P.O.W. were rescued.
He is commemorated in Australia at The Australian War Memorial at Canberra; and the Ex-P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat, Victoria.
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