Monument list for War Memorial (WW2)

War Memorial (WW2), Esperance, Western Australia, Australia

Monument list

no.family surnamefull namebirth
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1AndreJohn Jeffery Andre1924191943id: 1375
(2 images)
94674381Service No. 81619 . Born 13th July 1924 at Selby , England. Died in an air craft accident in Western Australis on 24th October 1943. Buried at Geraldton War Cemetery , W.A. Son of Harry Gordon Lombard Andre and Ethel May Andre of Esperance.

2BakerWilliam Robert Samuel Baker1923211944id: 1375
(2 images)
946744141Service No. WX8682. Born 26th Febuary 1923 at Esperance , W.A. Enlisted 23rd October 1940. Missing in Java 7th August 1942. Prisoner of War in Thai Camp 15th April 1942. Died at sea (South China Sea) with the sinking of the Rakuyo Maru 12th September 1944. Memorial at the Labuan Memorial , Malaysia. Son of William Edward Johnson Baker and Lulu Esther Baker; husband of Ethelwyn Margaret Madge Baker , of Cannington , Western Australia.

3DawGilbert Francis Daw1920221942id: 1375
(2 images)
946745141Service No. 406348. Born 9th September 1920 at Ravensthorpe , W.A. Killed in an aircraft accident at Dee Why , NSW. , 3rd November 1942. Buried at Sydney War Cemetery. NSW. Son of Leonard and Olive Jane Daw; husband of Amy Cerise Daw , of Albany , Western Australia. Dip. Agr. (W.A.).

4DouglasHarold James Douglas1925201945id: 1375
(2 images)
94674681Service No. WX41525. Enlisted 13th March 1944. Born 22nd October 1925 at Esperance. Died of injuries 26th May 1945. Buried at Atherton War Cemetery , Atherton , Atherton Tableland , Queensland , Australia. Son of Amold James Douglas and Beryl Frances Douglas , of South Fremantle , Western Australia.

5MccuddenWallace Patrick Mccudden1907361943id: 1375
(2 images)
946747151Service No. WX8820. Enlisted 23rd October 1940. Born 18th May 1907 at Esperance , W.A. POW in Changi 15th February 1942. Died of illness while working as a POW on the Thai-Burma Railway in Thailand 21st August 1943. Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery , Kanchanaburi Province , Thailand Son of John Patrick and Emma Ann McCudden , of Kalgoorlie , Western Australia.

6SmithThomas Ernest Smith1912321944id: 1377
(2 images)
946752241Service no WX8731 Enlisted 23rd October 1940. Born 9th April 1912 at Norseman W.A. Captured in Singapore 15th February 1942. Changi POW camp. Transferred to POW camp in Borneo 2nd November 1944. Died of illness (Pulmonary T.B. and Beri Beri) in Borneo 18th December 1944 whilest a POW.. Buried at Labuan Memorial , Labuan , Malaysia. Son of Thomas William and Sarah Jane Smith , of Grass Patch , Western Australia. NOK - Mother - Mrs Sarah Jane Jones. One of 3 brother who died during WW2 - Thomas Ernest , Edward John and Robert Leighton Smith.
Edward John Smith1918251943 Service No WX11520 . Enlisted 9th April 1941. Born 20th July 1918 at Norseman , W.A. Killed in action in New Guinea 9th September 1943. Memorial at Lae Memorial , Lae , Morobe Province , Papua New Guinea. Son of Thomas William and Sarah Jane Smith , of Red Lake , Western Australia. NOK - Mother - Mrs Sarah Jane Jones. One of 3 brother who died during WW2 - Thomas Ernest , Edward John and Robert Leighton Smith.
Robert Leighton Smith1908321940 Service No. WX8736. Enlisted 23rd October 1940. Born 19th August 1908 at Norseman , W.A. Killed in action 11th February 1942 in Singapore. Buried at Kranji War Cemetery , Kranji , Singapore. Son of Thomas William and Sarah Jane Smith , of Grass Patch , Western Australia. NOK - Mother - Mrs Sarah Jane Jones. One of 3 brother who died during WW2 - Thomas Ernest , Edward John and Robert Leighton Smith.

7StevensNornam Albert Stevens1914301944id: 1375
(2 images)
946748111Service No. 429675 Enlisted RAAF 16th October 1942. Born 2nd January 1917 at Mount Lawlet W.A. Missing during air operations over Hungary 21st October 1944. Memorial at Budapest War Cemetery , Hungary. Son of Samuel and Frances Louisa Stevens; husband of Catherine Jessie Stevens , of Bassendean , Western Australia. DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF CASS. FATHER OF ELEANOR AND ROSLYN

8TurnerNorman Tamworth Turner1923191942id: 1375
(2 images)
946749151Service No. W49503. Enlisted 14th March 1942. Died of illness 20th September 1942. Born 9th October 1923 at Esperance W.A. Buried at Karrakatta General Cemetery , Karrakatta , Perth , Western Australia , Australia. Son of Norman James Turner and Effie Mary Turner , of Esperance.

9WalkerArthur Adnah Walker1917251942id: 1375
(2 images)
946750171Service No. 406907. Enlisted RAAF 24th May 1941. Born at Esperance , W.A. 5th May 1917. Killed in action during a flying Battle over the Solomon Islands , Pacific Islands. Memorial on the Port Moresby Memorial , Port Moresby , Papua , Papua New Guinea. Son of George Henry and Gladys Rebecca Walker , of Victoria Park , Western Australia.

10WegnerWalter Albert Wegner1901431944id: 1375
(2 images)
94675171Service No. W39909 Enlisted - 24th January 1942. Born 1st November 1901. Died of illness in Western Australia 9th October 1944. Buried at Perth War Cemetery and Annex , Perth , Western Australia , Australia.Son of Joachin Heinrich and Marie Dorothea Wegner; husband of Dorothy May Wegner , of Esperance.

War Memorial (WW2) Photographs

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