Craftsman THOMAS WILLIAM FRASER VX54178, A.I.F. 2/4 Fd. Wksps., Australian Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers who died age 39 on 25 February 1945 Son of William and Sarah Elizabeth Fraser; husband of Nellie Janet Fraser, of Albert Park, Victoria. Remembered with honour LABUAN MEMORIAL CWGC :: Cemetery Details
From Australian War Memorial site: http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=46372&stc=1&d=1298595703 Description Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX54178 Craftsman Thomas William Fraser, 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshops, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. 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. Craftsman Fraser, aged 39, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 25 February 1945. He was the son of William and Sarah Elizabeth Fraser, and the husband of Nellie Janet Fraser, of Albert Park, Vic. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 29. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.) Service number: VX54178 Rank: Private Unit: 27 INDEP BDE GP ORD WKSPS AAOC Service: Australian Army Conflict: 1939-1945 Date of death: 25 February 1945 Place of death: Borneo Cause of death: Illness Source: AWM147 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, 2nd AIF (Australian Imperial Force) and CMF (Citizen Military Force) From Australian National Archives, records not yet digitised. Item details for: B883, VX54178 Title: FRASER THOMAS WILLIAM : Service Number - VX54178 : Date of birth - 03 Apr 1905 : Place of birth - BENALLA VIC : Place of enlistment - ROYAL PARK VIC : Next of Kin - FRASER NELLIE Contents date range 1939 - 1948 Series number B883 Control symbol VX54178 Item barcode 6117498 Location Canberra Access status Open Date of decision 20 Sep 2005 Physical format PAPER FILES AND DOCUMENTS (allocated at series level) Records authority class number 1010873 Date registered 04 Sep 2002
