To honour those who served their country
“In this their finest hour”
[FEPOW Family] [Roll of Honour] [Hell Ships] [Montevideo Maru]
Hell Ships
Montevideo Maru
Service Personnel Roll
VX47637
Private
Cortous, James Don
Australian Infantry
A.I.F. 2/22 Battalion
(A.I.F. were Lark Force)
Born:-
Victoria, Australia
Captured:-
Kokopo Hospital
Date Captured:-
February/March 1942
Number:-
B140
Transported:-
1942/06/22
Port:-
Rabaul
Ship:-
Died
Date of Death:-
1942/07/01
Age:-
23
Cause of Death:-
Drowned when Montevideo Maru was sunk by USS Sturgeon
Place of Death:-
Off Luzon
Loved Ones
SON OF THOMAS CECIL AND MARGARET LINDSAY CORTOUS, OF GEELONG, VICTORIA.
Memorial
RABAUL MEMORIAL
Panel 21.
Notes:-
Source:-
CWGC, A14143/1
Source File Explanation:-
CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves all Australian deaths listed on 1942/07/01
A14143/1- Williams 1946 Japanese Translated list by NAA60 in 2010
AWM147 - Australian War Memorial Records
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