Escapes

 

PoW Escapes

 

Compiled with the help of the Commonwealth War Graves

 

This Page is Dedicated To

VX50944

Private

Bell, Earnest James

 

Australian

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 2/29 Bn.

 

 

Far East - Prisoner of the Japanese

Died

Source:

Added to John Bradfords list of those members executed after recapture, recommended

Escape:

1942 Attempted Escape

Age:

32

Date of Death:

1942/06/18

Cause of Death:

Executed by Japanese 18th June 1942

Place of Death:

Burma

 

Loved Ones

Son of James Henry and Edith Jane Bell, of North Richmond, Victoria, Australia husband of Lilian Grace Bell.

 

Memorial

A12. C. 8.

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

 

The tribunal quoted name as Private Joseph Bell, the CWGC use Earnest James.

 

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