EMMETT, Edward Victor
Service Number: | NX51899 |
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Enlisted: | 28 June 1940 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Field Ambulance |
Born: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 15 June 1920 |
Home Town: | Lewisham, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Carpet Salesman |
Died: | Shot whilst attempting to escape, Borneo, 18 June 1945, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
28 Jun 1940: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, NX51899 | |
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28 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX51899 |
World War 1 Service
18 Jun 1945: | Involvement Corporal, 2nd/10th Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Corporal Edward Emmett was awarded the Commendation for Gallantry for actions following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army on 15 February 1942 until his death as a result of escaping on 18 June 1945. Corporal Emmett was part of the second Sandakan Death March when, on 7 June 1945, while three Allied aircraft flew overhead, he and four other Australians took advantage of the situation and escaped into the jungle. The group evaded capture until 18 June 1945, when they were approached by a small boat. Hiding in the boat was a Japanese soldier who appeared from beneath a cover and shot and killed Corporal Emmett and Private Sidney Webber, who is also being awarded a Commendation for Gallantry. Only one member of the group of five survived. Gunner Owen Campbell survived the escape attempt and was able to return to Australia to provide evidence of what happened on the Sandakan death march. Courtesy of Defence Honours and Awards