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Name

Reginald James Veal

Birth: 16 September 1921, Flemington, Victoria, Australia

Death: 08 March 1945, Labuan, Malaysia   Tree

Commemorated: Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Federal Territory of Labuan, Malaysia. Panel 30 Memorial

Rank: Private, Australian Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Service no. VX62776

Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX62776 Private Reginald James Veal, 2/10th Ordnance Section Workshop, Australian Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. 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 Veal, aged 23, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 8 March 1945.

Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Find A Grave                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

 

 

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  06 July 2018