Thomas Westley Tindall (Tom) COLE

COLE, Thomas Westley Tindall

    Service Number: NX72771
    Enlisted: 8 April 1941
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 22 April 1919
    Home Town: Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales
    Schooling: Unknown
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Malaria whilst a prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 7 June 1945, aged 26 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Parkes & District Cenotaph, Parkes Remembrance Walk, Wagga Wagga Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX72771
    8 Apr 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX72771, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion
    26 Mar 1942: Imprisoned
    7 Jun 1945: Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX72771, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    Thomas Westley Tindall COLE was born in Parkes, NSW on 22nd April, 1919

    His parents were Westley Walter COLE & Myra Valerie TINDALL who married in Sydney in 1917

    Prior to enlisting in WW2 he served as a Trooper in the 6th Light Horse Regiment (SN N3571)

    He was taken as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese on 26th March, 1942 & died of Malaria at the Sandakan Camp in Borneo on 7th June 1945 - no known grave

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