BARBOUR, Thomas
Service Number: | WX7587 |
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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 Lawn-B-0258 |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
6 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX7587, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Claremont, WA | |
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12 Apr 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX7587, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography 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.