| Service number | VX42674 |
|---|---|
| Ranks Held | Acting Corporal, Corporal |
| Birth Date | 1906-02-06 |
| Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, St Kilda |
| Death Date | 1943-12-02 |
| Death Place | Burma |
| Final Rank | Acting Corporal |
| Service | Australian Army |
| Unit | 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Places | |
| Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Acting Corporal Thomas James Williams
Description
Corporal Thomas James Williams enlisted to the Second Australian Imperial Force on 12 July 1940. After a short period of training, he joined 2/29 Australian Infantry Battalion and embarked for service in Malaya in August 1941. In February 1942, Corporal Williams was captured as a prisoner of war when Singapore fell to the Japanese. As a prisoner, he worked on the Burma-Thailand Railway. Corporal Williams died of illness on 2 December 1943 in Burma. He is buried at Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar.
Rolls
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Acting Corporal
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Second World War POWs and Missing Persons:
- Unit
- 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Corporal
Timeline
| Date of birth | 06 February 1906 | |
|---|---|---|
| Date of enlistment | 12 July 1940 | |
| Date of death | 02 December 1943 |