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KINDER, John William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 205622 |
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Enlisted: | 3 September 1935 |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 26 November 1917 |
Home Town: | Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 10 June 1945, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1935: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 1 Squadron (RAAF) | |
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3 Sep 1935: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 205622 | |
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 205622 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Warrant Officer John William Kinder 205622 of Number 1 Squadron RAAF was one of 2400 Allied POWs held in the Sandakan POW camp until 1945. He took part in the death marches and was one of the six men out of the 1047 to survive to the village of Ranau, 250 km away
On 10 June 1945 Warrant Officer Kinder died as a POW at Ranau