Thomas (Tom or Scottie) BARBOUR

BARBOUR, Thomas

Service Number: WX7587
Enlisted: 6 August 1940, Claremont, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Ormiston, Scotland, 9 May 1912
Home Town: Dongara, Irwin, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Miner
Died: Perth, WA, 19 November 1981, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

6 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX7587, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Claremont, WA
12 Apr 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX7587, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James and Doris Edna BARBOUR, 4 Lambs Place, Locerhead, Scotland.

It is believed Tom was evacuated toTarsau Hospital Camp 20 Aug 1943 probably from Hintok, suffering from malaria and a tropical ulcer.  His left leg was amputated on 9 Oct 1943 possibly at No. 2 Hospital. Non Pladuk.  He was recovered from Nacompaton Hosopital Camp at the end of the war.