MUNFORD, Francis Arthur
| Service Number: | NX47341 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 28 August 1940, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wauchope, New South Wales, 4 April 1920 |
| Home Town: | Taree, Greater Taree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (Malaria - POW of Japan), Borneo, 6 February 1945, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 14 - Sandakan Number 1 Compound - (Cemetery on east side of track leading to camp, used untill March 1945) |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Taree Honour Rolls |
Biography contributed by John Edwards
Died Sandakan No. 1 camp while POW of Japan - 6 Feb 1945
Son of Isaac and Isabelle Phomie Munford
Husband of Edna Munford, of Taree, NSW
I never met you but learnt of you from the love of my mother for the brother taken from her and the family. Your family still hold you close and our children know you too. Never forgotten and greatly missed by us all. - Deborah Donald
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"...NX47341 Private Francis Arthur Munford, 2/19th Battalion, Australian Infantry. 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 Munford, aged 24, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 6 February 1945. He was the son of Isaac and Isabelle Phomie Munford, and the husband of Edna Munford, of Taree, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 14." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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