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VX20661
Corporal
Ronald Alan McLeod
1919/10/13 Born Camperdown, Victoria
Son of Garnet Murdoch and Elma Mary McLeod
Occupation Barber Camperdown Victoria
1940/06/06 - Enlisted at Caulfield
Australian Army Service Corps
105 General Transport Company
Service
1941/07/18 - Promoted to Corporal
1942/02/01 - Evacuated from the Middle East on the ‘SS Orcades’
1942/02/18 - Disembarked Batavia
1942/03/17 - Reported ‘Missing’
1942/09/07 - Reported ‘Prisoner of War
Japanese Pow
1942/03/08 - Captured Batavia, Java
PoW J-7124
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/08 - Transported in Kenkon Maru to Singapore with Java Party 4
1499 Australian PoWs
1942/10/14 - Transported from Singapore in Maebashi Maru to Burma
1414 Australian PoWs
1942/10/27 - Arrive Burma
New PoW No. 37228
Died
Age 24
1943/12/15
Cause of death was Pulmonary Edema
55km Kilo Hospital, Burma
Khon Khan Cemetery, Grave No. 277
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Total Deaths in Kon Khan Cemetery
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Australian
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262
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British
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20
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Dutch
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32
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Total Deaths
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314
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After the war Ron’s body was reinterned at Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery
Loved Ones
Son of Garnet Murdoch McLeod and Elma Mary McLeod, of Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia
Memorial
A9. B. 2.
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery
Burma
‘HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE’
Information
Sandra McLeod Martin
Java Parties - Roll of Honour
Japanese Transports
Thailand-Burma Railway
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
KEW Files:- WO 361/1529, WO 361/2055, WO 361/1957, WO 361/1525, WO 361/2210,
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