ORGILL, John Victor
Service Numbers: | WX35378, 441469 |
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Enlisted: | 16 July 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 21 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 22 January 1923 |
Home Town: | North Beach, Stirling, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Junior Accountant |
Died: | Prisoner of War - Executed, Celebes, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies, 28 July 1945, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia |
Memorials: | Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
16 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Bombardier, WX35378 | |
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11 Sep 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 441469 | |
13 Sep 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman | |
28 Jul 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 441469, No. 21 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Flight Sergeant John Orgill was awarded the Commendation for Gallantry for actions while a Prisoner of War for attempting to escape from the Imperial Japanese Army near Tomohon in the Northern Celebes on 27 July 1945. Flight Sergeant Orgill was shot down over the Northern Celebes on 27 July 1945. He refused to seek safety until he had ascertained the fate of the other crew members, but was arrested. Whilst being escorted to a cell at the Kempeitai jail at Kakaskasen, he snatched the bayonet from the scabbard of one of his guards and attempted to escape. As a result he was severely beaten and later found deceased in his cell. - Defence Honours and Awards