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Private Francis Joseph Galvin

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Private Francis Joseph Galvin Veteran

Birth
Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
Death
26 Mar 1944 (aged 25)
Singapore
Burial
Kranji, North West, Singapore Add to Map
Plot
2. E. 8.
Memorial ID
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Parents : Edward & Mary Galvin
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."
Parents : Edward & Mary Galvin
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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