Sandakan
Compiled from the ‘Java Index’, ‘Sandakan - A Conspiracy of Silence’
and the Commonwealth War Graves
This Page Is Dedicated To
NX51527
Private
Bredbury, Irvine
Australian
Australian Infantry
A.I.F. 2/20 Bn.
Japanese POW
POW Number:
479
Force:
B - left Singapore 7th July 1942,on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru, arrived Sandakan 18th July.
Survived/Died:
Died
Age:
36
Date of Death:
1945/05/23
Place of Death:
Believed to be Sandakan
Buried:
No known grave, believed to be Sandakan
Loved Ones
Son of John and Martha Bredbury; husband of Mavis Mary Kate Bredbury, of Arncliffe, New South Wales
Memorial
Panel 13.
LABUAN MEMORIAL
Mentioned in Death Roll (Compiled by the Japanese 9th Division, some entries are believed to be fabricated). Japanese recorded death from Malaria.
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Acknowledgements
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
‘Sandakan - A Conspiracy of Silence’ by Lynette Ramsay Silver
‘The Last March’ by Don Wall
‘Kill the Prisoners’ by Don Wall
‘The Knights of Bushido’ by Lord Russell of Liverpool
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