Prisoners of War
The Australian War Memorial has official records which consist of approximately 23,000 names of Australian Military Forces prisoners of war and missing service personnel for the far east and south west pacific islands. These records cover the Second World War period up to June 1944.
Family History Researchers should go to the Australian War Memorial Canberra Website to seek further information or to obtain documentation for their forebears war service.
BAKER, Edwin Gordon
Service Number – NX 58487
Rank – Private
Division – 2/1 Australian Ordanance
Enlisted – 22/07/1940
Discharged – 06/08/1945
Date of Death – 27/08/2000
Age at Death – 81
Burial Location – Lawn F 419
BAXTER, Allan George (“George”)
Service Number – WX 4060
Rank – Warant Officer Class 2
Division – 2/2 Field Park Company
Enlisted – 13/06/1940
Discharged – 04/08/1945
Date of Death – 27/08/1999
Age at Death – 88
Burial Location – Crematorium – Lakeside Niche Wall
BECKER, Douglas James
Service Number – WX 1924
Rank – Private
Division – 2/11 Australian Infantry
Enlisted – 05/03/1940
Discharged – 30/08/1945
Date of Death – 10/08/1965
Age at Death – 60
Burial Location – Anglican G 146
BROCKMAN, Cyril
Service Number – WX 10712
Rank – Private
Division – 2/3 Machinegun Battalion
Enlisted – 15/01/1941
Killed in Action – 13/08/1943
Date of Death – 13/08/1943
Age at Death – 33
Burial Location – Anglican D 490
CHADWICK, Reginald Frank
Service Number – WX 5272
Rank – Lieutenant
Division – 2/28 Battalion
Enlisted – 26/07/1940
Discharged – 25/09/1945
Date of Death – 25/08/1959
Age at Death – 51
Burial Location – Anglican D 699
CUNNINGTON, Norman
Service Number – WX 2628
Rank – Private
Division – 2/2 Machinegun Battalion
Enlisted – 19/06/1940
Discharged – 12/04/1946
Date of Death – 26/11/2003
Age at Death – 88
Burial Location – Crematorium – Triangle Bed
DAVIS, Harold Reginald
Service Number – WX 14427
Rank – Private
Division – 2/32 Battalion
Enlisted – 18/06 1941
Discharged – 06/11/1945
Date of Death – 26/10/1979
Age at Death – 63
Burial Location – Methodist D 16
DOW, Claude John
Service Number – WX 17591
Rank – Private
Division – 2/4 Machinegun Battalion
Enlisted – 10/11/1941
Discharged – 09/01/1946
Date of Death – 13/07/2001
Age at Death – 84
Burial Location – Crematorium – Emu bed
ELLIOTT, Francis Stuart Weir
Service Number – 7175
Rank – Sergeant
Division – 5 Personnel Depot
Enlisted – 27/11/1939
Discharged – 16/01/1946
Date of Death – 06/03/1949
Age at Death – 39
Burial Location – Presbyterean B 78
FISHER, James Thomas
Service Number – 328
Rank – Private
Division – 4th Machine Gun Battalion
Enlisted – 23/03/1916
Discharged – 18/07/1919
Date of Death – 16/05/1970
Age at Death – 77
Burial Location – Crematorium New Peace Bed
GARDINER, Robert Henry
Service Number – 33423
Rank – Cook
Division – R.A.N
Enlisted – 10/11/1939
Discharged – 03/03/1949
Date of Death – 26/04/2001
Age at Death – 96
Burial Location – Crematorium – Niche Back Wall, North Row 5 Line 3
GREEN, Laurence Victor
Service Number – WX 14707
Rank – Private
Division – 2/32 Battalion
Enlisted – 30/06/1941
Discharged – 26/07/1945
Date of Death – 10/08/2002
Age at Death – 79
Burial Location – Crematorium – Greg Chappell Bed
HEADLEY, Albert George
Service Number – WX 536
Rank – Private
Division – 2/11 Battalion 6 Division
Enlisted – 07/11/1939
Discharged – 01/11/1945
Date of Death – 04/04/1996
Age at Death – 79
Burial Location – Crematorium – Triangle Bed
HOLTZMAN, Leslie Norman
Service Number – WX 7618
Rank – Private
Division – 2/4 Machinegun battalion
Enlisted – 10/08/1940
Discharged – 08/08/1946
Date of Death – 07/03/1997
Age at Death – 77
Burial Location – Crematorium – Seaspray bed
HOVEY, Thomas David
Service Number – WX 634
Rank – Private
Division – 2/11 Battalion 6 Division
Enlisted – 09/11/1939
Discharged – 30/10/1945
Date of Death – 30/07/1977
Age at Death – 60
Burial Location – Lawn B 24
JARVIS, Ernest George
Service Number – WX 8259
Rank – Private
Division – 2/32 Battalion
Enlisted – 19/08/1940
Discharged – 25/08/1945
Date of Death – 17/07/1977
Age at Death – 66
Burial Location – Lawn B 22
JEFFERY, Harold Stewart
Service Number – WX 6791
Rank – Private
Division – 2/28 Battalion
Enlisted – 20/07/1940
Discharged – 11/09/1945
Date of Death – 20/07/2001
Age at Death – 84
Burial Location – Lawn D 200
KNAGG, Joseph
Service Number – WX 996
Rank – Corporal
Division – 2/11 Battalion 6 Division
Enlisted – 23/11/1939
Discharged – 13/11/1945
Date of Death – 21/07/1949
Age at Death – 45
Burial Location – Anglican D 612
MAGILL, Arthur Melville
Service Number – WX 16886
Rank – Corporal
Division – 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion
Enlisted – 06/10/1941
Discharged – 01/03/1946
Date of Death – 11/07/1979
Age at Death – 60
Burial Location – Crematorium – Pascalli Bed
MANSFIELD, Kenneth James
Service Number – WX 9748
Rank – Private
Division – 1st Independent Company
Enlisted – 06/12/1940
Died in POW Camp – 01/07/1942
Date of Death – 01/07/1942
Age at Death – 22
Burial Location – Anglican D 656/7
NICHOLS, George Frederick
Service Number – WX 10666
Rank – Private
Division – 23 Australian Infantry Training
Enlisted – 15/01/1941
Discharged – 03/04/1945
Date of Death – 09/01/1998
Age at Death – 87
Burial Location – Lawn D 25
OVERTON, Ivan William
Service Number – WX 592
Rank – Private
Division – 2/11 Battalion 6 Division
Enlisted – 09/11/1939
Discharged – 20/09/1945
Date of Death – 15/03/2002
Age at Death – 84
Burial Location – Niche Front – South R3L8
PATERSON, Thomas Stuart
Service Number – WX 895
Rank – Private
Division – 2/11 Battalion 6 Division
Enlisted – 11/11/1939
Discharged – 18/10/1945
Date of Death – 09/03/1985
Age at Death – 70
Burial Location – Lawn C 289
SCHUTS, Aubrey Vincent
Service Number – WX 8562
Rank – Private
Division – 2/4 Machinegun Battalion
Enlisted – 18/10/1940
Discharged – 15/01/1946
Date of Death – 06/09/2007
Age at Death – 94
Burial Location – Crematorium – Next Garden of Rememberance North
SHAW, Joseph James
Service Number – WX 160
Rank – Gunner
Division – 6 Div Artillery 2/3 Regiment
Enlisted – 07/11/1939
Discharged – 09/10/1945
Date of Death – 11/01/1986
Age at Death – 78
Burial Location – Anglican D-585
SHAW, Reginald Arthur (“Tim”)
Service Number – WX 614
Rank – Private
Division – 2/11 Battalion 6 Division
Enlisted – 09/11/1939
Discharged – 17/10/1945
Date of Death – 06/06/1995
Age at Death – 80
Burial Location – Methodist C 82
TAPPER, Albert Leslie
Service No- WX9157
Rank- Private
Division- 2/4 Machine Gun Batallion
Enlisted- 30 October 1940
Discharged- 17 April 1946
Date of Death- 23 May 1983
Age at Death- 65
Burial Location- Crem. Main Path- Row D.
THOMPSON, George Noel
Service Number – WX 10398
Rank – Private
Division – 2/48 Battalion
Enlisted – 20/12/1940
Discharged – 11/04/1945
Date of Death – 04/01/1970
Age at Death – 56
Burial Location – Anglican F 570
WARBURTON, Charles Alfred
Service Number – WX 5299
Rank – Private
Division – 2/28 Battalion
Enlisted – 27/07/1940
Discharged – 27/03/1945
Date of Death – 04/11/1991
Age at Death – 75
Burial Location – Anglican D 545
WARBURTON, John Ernest
Service Number – WX 554
Rank – Private
Division – 2/11 Battalion 6 Division
Enlisted – 09/11/1939
Discharged – 21/08/1945
Date of Death – 13/12/1989
Age at Death – 74
Burial Location – Anglican D 545
WENN, Stanley Keith
Service Number – WX 7641
Rank – Private
Division – 2/4 Machinegun Battalion
Enlisted – 10/08/1940
Discharged – 08/02/1946
Date of Death – 10/11/1981
Age at Death – 69
Burial Location – Anglican E 173
WILLIAMSON, John
Service Number – WX 538
Rank – Private
Division – 2/11 Battalion 6 division
Enlisted – 07/11/1939
Discharged – 27/09/1945
Date of Death – 07/11/2009
Age at Death – 92
Burial Location – Lawn F 281
WITHERS, Charles Kitchener
Service Number -WX 5371
Rank -Private
Division -2/11 Battalion
Enlisted -27/07/1940
Discharged -27/10/1945
Date of Death -17/02/2006
Age at Death -88
Burial Location – Crematorium- Robyn Bed
YOUNG, Roy Oswald
Service Number- VX42565
Rank- Private
Division- 2/4 Casualty Clearing
Enlisted- 26 July 1940
Discharged- 18/01/1946
Date of Death- 12/07/2011
Age at Death- 93
Burial Location- Crem Bushland- Wattyl Bed
Other Deatails- Worked as a medic with Doctor Weary Dunlop and Doctor Coates whilst on the Burma Death Railway for 3 and a half years.