BURLING, James Harold
| Service Number: | NX33999 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1940, Paddington, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rockdale, New South Wales, 29 November 1914 |
| Home Town: | Lakemba, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 2 April 1945, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Lakemba St Andrew's Anglican Church Memorial Windows |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Jun 1940: | Involvement Private, NX33999, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
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| 14 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Paddington, New South Wales | |
| 14 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX33999, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion |
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"..NX33999 Private James Harold Burling, 2/20th Battalion, Australian Infantry. 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. Private Burling, aged 30, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 2 April 1945. He was the son of James Henry and Ethel May Burling, of Lakemba, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 13..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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