BEAZLEY, James Douglas
| Service Number: | WX6222 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/6th Field Park Company |
| Born: | Northam, Western Australia, 4 April 1913 |
| Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 7 July 1945, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 6, Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boyup Brook Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia, Narrogin War Memorial |
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert John and Bertha Beazley; husband of Gertrude Irene Beazley of Boulder WA
Died as Prisoner of War at the hands of the Japanese at Sandakan
"...WX6222 Sapper James Douglas Beazley, 2/6th Field Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers. He was 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. Sapper Beazley, aged 31, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 7 July 1945. He was the son of Robert John and Bertha Beazley, and the husband of Gertrude Irene Beazley, of Boulder, WA. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 6..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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