Identity
Person No.
9264
Service No.
NX56235
Last Name
First Name
Cyril Montefiore
Initials
C M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
37
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Died of illness, whilst a POW. One of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo, having been transferred there from Singapore as a part of E Force. The 500 Australian and 500 British POW's who made up E Force, left Changi on 28 March 1943, on board the S.S. DeKlerk arriving at Berhala Island (adjacent to Sandakan Harbour) on 15 April 1943. The POW's were held there until 5 June, when they were taken by barge to Sandakan. The next day they were transferred to the 8 Mile Camp, which was about half a mile from the B Force compound
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Locality
Unknown
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Notes
Son of Ernest Lionel and Jennie Frances Harris; husband of Theresa Emiline Harris, of Mosman, New South Wales. Born Johannesburg, South Africa
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