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VX47903

Gunner

Wilson, James Alexander Thomas

 

Australian

Royal Australian Artillery

A.I.F. 4 A/Tk. Regt.

 

 

Far East - Prisoner of the Japanese

Died

Source:

On John Bradford's list of those members executed after recapture, recommended for MID

Escape:

1942 Attempted Escape

Age:

27

Date of Death:

1942/06/06

Cause of Death:

Executed by Japanese 6th June 1942

Place of Death:

Tavoy, Burma

 

Loved Ones

Son of James Noble Dymond Wilson and Elizabeth Mary Wilson, of Korumburra, Victoria, Australia; husband of Gladys Muriel Jean Wilson, of Korumburra

 

Memorial

A12. B. 5.

THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY

Thanbyuzayat is 65 kilometres south of the port of Moulmein, and the war cemetery lies at the foot of the hills which separate the Union of Myanmar from Thailand.

Burma

 

Recaptured 16th February 1942.

 

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