To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

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Royal Australian service corps

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Corporal

Ronald Alan McLeod

Ron Mcleod

1919/10/13 Born Camperdown, Victoria

Son of Garnet Murdoch and Elma Mary McLeod

Occupation Barber Camperdown Victoria

 

1940/06/06 - Enlisted at Caulfield

Australian Army Service Corps

105 General Transport Company

 

Service

Mcleod-Ron-Service Card-a

Mcleod-Ron-Service Card-b

1941/07/18 - Promoted to Corporal

orcades

1942/02/01 - Evacuated from the Middle East on the ‘SS Orcades’

1942/02/18 - Disembarked Batavia

1942/03/17 - Reported ‘Missing’

1942/09/07 - Reported ‘Prisoner of War

 

Japanese Pow

1942/03/08 - Captured Batavia, Java

PoW J-7124

Japanese Index Card - Side One

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Japanese Index Card - Side Two

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1942/10/08 - Transported in Kenkon Maru to Singapore with Java Party 4

1499 Australian PoWs

1942/10/14 - Transported from Singapore in Maebashi Maru to Burma

1414 Australian PoWs

1942/10/27 - Arrive Burma

New PoW No. 37228

 

Died

Age 24

1943/12/15

Cause of death was Pulmonary Edema

55km Kilo Hospital, Burma

Khon Khan Cemetery, Grave No. 277

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Total Deaths in Kon Khan Cemetery

Australian

262

British

20

Dutch

32

Total Deaths

314

Mcleod-Ron-Grave Registration

After the war Ron’s body was reinterned at Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery

 

Loved Ones

Son of Garnet Murdoch McLeod and Elma Mary McLeod, of Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia

 

Memorial

Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery

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McLeod-Ronald-Allan - THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY PLAN

Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery

Burma

 

HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE’

 

Information

Sandra McLeod Martin

Java Parties - Roll of Honour

Japanese Transports

Thailand-Burma Railway

Commonwealth War Grave Commission

KEW Files:- WO 361/1529, WO 361/2055, WO 361/1957, WO 361/1525, WO 361/2210,

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''Our Thanks are for being a Chapter in Life.''

 

 

 

Keeping The Candle Burning

 

Fepow Family

In Memory of FEPOW Family Loved Ones
Designed and Maintained by Ron Taylor.

 

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Honorary Life Member of COFEPOW

 

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