Sydney Bertram MILLAR

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MILLAR, Sydney Bertram

Service Number:	VX57642
Enlisted:	12 June 1941, Royal Park, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Field Ambulance
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1921
Home Town:	Mirboo North, Latrobe - Victoria, Australia, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 29 April 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 26
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, King Island Cenotaph, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia

World War 2 Service

12 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Private, VX57642, Royal Park, Victoria
29 Apr 1945:	Involvement Private, VX57642, 2nd/9th Field Ambulance, Prisoners of War

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...VX57642 Private Sydney Bertram Millar, 2/9 Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. 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 Millar, aged 24, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 29 April 1945. He was the son of Bertram Stanley and Janet Miller, of Mirboo North, Vic. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 26..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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