WESTON, William Edward
| Service Number: | NX620 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2) |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 9 February 1918 |
| Home Town: | Taylors Arm, Nambucca Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 14 March 1945, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Memorial Location: Panel 30, Labuan Memorial (within Labuan War Cemetery). |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Private, NX620, Paddington, New South Wales | |
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| 3 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX620 | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 14 Mar 1945: | Involvement Private, NX620, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2), Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...NX620 Private William Edward Weston, 8th Divisional Provost Company, Australian Army Provost 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 E Force. The 500 Australian and 500 British POW's who made up E Force, left Changi on 28 March 1943, on board the S.S. DeKlerk arriving at Berhala Island (adjacent to Sandakan Harbour) on 15 April 1943. The POW's were held there until 5 June, when they were taken by barge to Sandakan. The next day they were transferred to the 8 Mile Camp, which was about half a mile from the B Force compound. Private Weston, aged 27, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 14 March 1945. He was the son of John Richard and Elizabeth Weston, and the husband of Gladys Maisie Weston, of Newtown, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 30..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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