CAMERON, Finlay
| Service Number: | QX8427 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Field Regiment |
| Born: | Upper, Copmanhurst, Qld., 15 August 1902 |
| Home Town: | Bloomsbury, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairying |
| Died: | Illness, Borneo, 7 June 1945, aged 42 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kuttabul Roll of Honour, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia, Mackay St Pauls Uniting Church WW2 Honour Roll, Proserpine Cenotaph, Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, QX8427 | |
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| 17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX8427, 2nd/10th Field Regiment, Rockhampton, Qld. | |
| 7 Jun 1945: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Archibald James Cameron and Anne McConnell Cameron; husband of Ivy Maud Cameron, of Mackay, Queensland.
Finlay lowered his age by 2 years to enlist. On 6th July 1942 he was wounded in action during the fall of Singapore with a gunshot wound to his right shoulder and taken Prisoner of War. On 18th July 1942 he was transported abouart UBI MARU to Sandakan Harbour. He died whilst a Prisoner of War.
OBITUARY
GNR. FINLAY CAMERON.
Advice has been received that QX8427 Gunner Finlay Cameron died on June 7, 1945, while a prisoner of war in Japanese hands in Borneo. Gunner Cameron fell into Japanese hands at the surrender of Singapore. He was 45 years of age. He is survived by his wife and three children. Deceased was born at Upper Copmanhurst where he lived until he was 19. when he went to Queensland. He resided in Queensland until he enlisted early in the war.
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