| Service number | VX32359 |
|---|---|
| Birth Date | 1907-08-15 |
| Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Ballarat |
| Death Date | 1945-02-18 |
| Death Place | Borneo: North Borneo, Sandakan |
| Final Rank | Sapper |
| Service | Australian Army |
| Unit | 2/10 Field Company |
| Places | |
| Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Sapper Arthur Stanley Tolliday
Description
Sapper Arthur Stanley 'Snowy' Tolliday enlisted to the Second Australian Imperial Force on 19 June 1940. He served with 2/10 Field Company Engineers in Malaya, but was captured as a prisoner of war of the Japanese in early 1942. Initially interned at Changi Prisoner of War Camp in Singapore, Sapper Tolliday was transferred to the Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp, Borneo, in July 1942. On 18 February 1945, Sapper Tolliday died of illness in Borneo. He is commemorated at Labuan Memorial, Malaysia.
Rolls
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 2/10 Field Company
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Sapper
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Second World War POWs and Missing Persons:
- Unit
- 2/10 Field Company
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Sapper
Timeline
| Date of birth | 15 August 1907 | |
|---|---|---|
| Date of enlistment | 19 June 1940 | |
| Date of death | 18 February 1945 |