Charles REYNOLDS

REYNOLDS, Charles

Service Number: NX69272
Enlisted: 10 March 1941
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 2nd/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy
Born: Sheffield, England, 30 October 1902
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 5 June 1945, aged 42 years
Cemetery: Labuan War Cemetery
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX69272
10 Mar 1941: Enlisted Private, NX69272, Paddington, New South Wales
10 Mar 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX69272, 2nd/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy
16 Feb 1942: Involvement Driver, NX69272, 2nd/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"... NX69272 Driver Charles Reynolds, 2/3rd Motor Ambulance Company, Australian Army Service 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. Driver Reynolds, aged 42, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 5 June 1945. He was the son of Alleyne and Alice Elizabeth Reynolds, of Hove, Sussex, England. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 22..."SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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