James William BOYD (Private NX49963)
Birth: 4 Mar 1914 Melbourne VICMarriage: Elsie May CHESHAM 1941 Campbelltown NSW Enlisted: 31 Oct 1941 Paddington NSW Next of Kin: John Boyd Unit: 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion Death: 16 May 1945 Borneo POW: Sandakan Borneo Cemetery: Labuan Memorial, Panel 13 Labuan War Cemetery Malaysia Roll of Hon: Soldiers' Memorial Macarthur Park Camden Private James William Boyd was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war 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. (Information and photo copied with permission from Australian War Memorial) Private James William BOYD died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 16 May 1945 age 31. |
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