SMITH, Reginald Edward
| Service Number: | NX59118 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1940, Paddington, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Marrickville, New South Wales, 21 March 1901 |
| Home Town: | Hurlstone Park, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 31 March 1945, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Memorial panel 17, Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX59118, Paddington, New South Wales | |
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| 12 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX59118, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, NX59118 | |
| 31 Mar 1945: | Involvement Private, NX59118, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War |
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"...NX59118 Private Reginald Edward Smith, 2/30th 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 Smith, aged 36, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 31 March 1945. He was the husband of Mabel Oswald Smith, of Hurlstone Park, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 17..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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