James Pryor THATCHER

THATCHER, James Pryor

Service Number: WX2848
Enlisted: 20 May 1940
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Fremantle, Western Australia, 27 March 1915
Home Town: Byford, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Dairy Farmer
Died: Amoebic dysentery whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 22 November 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
Burial reference: - Plot 1. Row K. Grave 38. Personal Inscription: -"FAREWELL, O VALIANT HEART".
Memorials: Armadale War Memorial, 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 WX2848
20 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, WX2848, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Profile Photo Description: - Studio portrait of WX2848 Sergeant James Pryor Thatcher, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion. A dairy farmer of Byford, WA, he enlisted on 20 May 1940 in Perth. He was taken prisoner of war (POW) and died of illness, aged 28, in Thailand on 22 November 1943.