Service Details
Name:
 REID
Given Name:
 WILLIAM
Initials:
 W
Service No:
 VX27811
Rank:
 Sapper
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Regiment:
 Royal Australian Engineers
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Unit:
 A.I.F. 2/10 Fd. Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1944-12-27
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Date of Birth:
 1905-04-07
Age:
 39
Cause of Death:
 Died whilst a POW. One of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo, having been transferred there from Singapore as a part of B Force. The 1494 POW's that made up B Force, were transported from Changi on 7 July 1942 on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru, arriving in Sandakan Harbour on 18 July 1942
Additional
Information:
Son of George and Nettie Reid; husband of Elvie Reid, of Seaford, Victoria. Born Cape Town, South Africa
Commemoration
Country:
 Malaysia
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Cemetery:
 LABUAN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 5.

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