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NX57645
Corporal
James Sydney Tyson
Known as Sid
1908/12/14 - Born Washington, England
1941/11/24 - Enlisted Paddington, New South Wales
Australian Infantry
A.I.F. 2/19 Bn.
‘B’ Company
Service
1942/01/10 - Transported to Singapore in Aquitania
1942/02/15 - Singapore Surrendered
Japanese PoW
River Valley Road Camp, Singapore
PoW No. I 12318
1943/04/22 - Transported overland to Thailand with ‘F’ Force, train 67
Group Train 5, Truck 13
Commander Lt-Col. S.W. Harris, R.A., 148 Fd HQ 18th Div.
New PoW No. IV 18415
Died
Age 34
1943/06/04
Place of Death Sonkurai
Cause of death Cholera
Cremated
Buried Niki, Cemetery 5, Grave 48
(After the war reburied in Commonwealth War Grave)
Loved Ones
Son of James Parkinson Tyson and Margaret Jane Tyson
Memorial
A1. B. 15.
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
KEW:- WO 361/2055, WO 361/1952, WO 361/2025,
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