Tarakan,Borneo July 1945
left to right
front row
NX201971 Captain B.B. Symonds
WX14797 Lt C.L.G. Williams
VX60728 Captain P.F. Haigh
VX75893 Captain W.M. Cox (see Awards)
WX8222 Captain N.T. Nocolay (see Awards)
middle row
NX147440 Lt D.W. Donald
SX14692 Lt W.E. McKeown
QX45087 Lt...
SURNAME
Cox
FORENAME
William Murray
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron
RANK
Lieutenant
NUMBER
VX75893
AWARD
Mention in Despatches
PLACE
New Guinea 1944
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 21.6.1921 Melbourne,Victoria
next of kin Joan Cox
enlisted 18.2.1942 Caulfield,Victoria
Captain 1945...
SURNAME
Hoad
FORENAME
Geoffrey Gordon
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron
RANK
Lieutenant
NUMBER
SX13297
DATE OF DEATH
23rd December 1943
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Lae War Cemetery,Papua New Guinea AA.C.9
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 18.12.1921 Victor Harbour,South Australia
son of Harry...
SURNAME
Nicolay
FORENAME
Norman Thomas
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron (C Troop)
RANK
Lieutenant
NUMBER
WX8222
AWARD
Mention in Despatches
PLACE
New Guinea 1944
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 27.5.1916 Perth,Western Australia
next of kin Frederick Nicolay
enlisted 16.8.1940...
SURNAME
Therkelsen
FORENAME
Douglas George
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron
RANK
Trooper
NUMBER
QX55329
DATE OF DEATH
23rd May 1945
AGE
19
GRAVESITE
Labuan War Cemetery,Malaysia 24.D.6
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of George Burnett and Eva Therkelsen,Ascot,Queensland
KIA...
SURNAME
Phillips
FORENAME
Henry
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron
RANK
Lance Corporal
NUMBER
NX137477
DATE OF DEATH
15th June 1945
AGE
24
GRAVESITE
Labuan War Cemetery,Malaysia 24.B.8
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of John Henry and Mary Hults Phillips
husband of Peggy Merle...
SURNAME
Hunter
FORENAME
William Thomas
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron
RANK
Trooper
NUMBER
NX74105
DATE OF DEATH
4th May 1945
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Labuan War Cemetery,Malaysia 29.B.8
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of James T. and Alma Blanke Hunter,Darlington,New South Wales
KIA...
SURNAME
Hobbs
FORENAME
Edward Arthur
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron
RANK
Trooper
NUMBER
NX48503
DATE OF DEATH
23rd May 1945
AGE
25
GRAVESITE
Labuan War Cemetery,Malaysia 24.D.7
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
nephew of Gertrude Helen Bakker,Edgecliffe,New South Wales
rank "Lance...
SURNAME
Dillon
FORENAME
Thomas Patrick
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron (Australian Army Medical Corps,attached)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
QX22266
DATE OF DEATH
7th May 1945
AGE
25
GRAVESITE
Labuan War Cemetery,Malaysia 29.B.14
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of Thomas Martin and...
SURNAME
Lawry
FORENAME
Geoffrey
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron
RANK
Lance Corporal
NUMBER
VX67992
DATE OF DEATH
4th May 1945
AGE
24
GRAVESITE
Labuan War Cemetery,Malaysia 29.B.13
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of Peter and Jessie Jane Lawry
husband of Jessie Margaret...
SURNAME
Eley
FORENAME
Jack Abbott
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron
RANK
Lieutenant
NUMBER
NX49281
DATE OF DEATH
4th May 1945
AGE
23
GRAVESITE
Labuan War Cemetery,Malaysia 29.B.12
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of Charles Henry and Violet Lily Irene Eley,Murrurundi,New South Wales...
SURNAME
Dillon
FORENAME
Jack Thomson
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron
RANK
Trooper
NUMBER
VX106233
DATE OF DEATH
6th June 1945
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
Labuan War Cemetery,Malaysia 27.B.10
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of Fabian and Sylvia Dillon,Coburg,Victoria
"Jack Thomas" (Australian...
SURNAME
Carlsen
FORENAME
John Edward
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron
RANK
Trooper
NUMBER
SX21319
DATE OF DEATH
14th June 1945
AGE
23
GRAVESITE
Labuan War Cemetery,Malaysia 29.A.13
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of Carl John and Angel Dutton Carlsen,Eastwood,South Australia
KIA...
SURNAME
Bell
FORENAME
John Stanton
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron
RANK
Lance Corporal
NUMBER
VX68826
DATE OF DEATH
9th May 1945
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia 29.B.11
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 25.11.1922, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
son of Thomas Alfred...
SURNAME
O'Neill
FORENAME
Kevin George
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron
RANK
Trooper
NUMBER
NX133961
DATE OF DEATH
11th May 1945
AGE
23
GRAVESITE
Labuan War Cemetery,Malaysia 15.A.5
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of Patrick Herbert and Emily O'Neill,Concord,New South Wales
DOW...
SURNAME
Merchant
FORENAME
George Crawford
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron
RANK
Trooper
NUMBER
NX111795
DATE OF DEATH
12th June 1945
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
Labuan War Cemetery,Malaysia 29.A.4
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of George Crawford and Mary Merchant,Marrickville,New South...
SURNAME
Kayes
FORENAME
Anthony Stratus
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron
RANK
Trooper
NUMBER
QX46871
DATE OF DEATH
28th May 1945
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
Labuan War Cemetery,Malaysia 27.A.13
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of Stanley and Elizabeth Lillian Kayes,Townsville,Queensland
KIA...
SURNAME
Eaton
FORENAME
William Henry
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron
RANK
Trooper
NUMBER
VX105312
DATE OF DEATH
4th May 1945
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Labuan War Cemetery,Malaysia 29.B.9
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of George Montgomery and Victoria Margaret Ethel Eaton,Preston,Victoria...
SURNAME
Buntman
FORENAME
Anthony Leslie
UNIT
2/4 Commando Squadron
RANK
Trooper
NUMBER
VX90921
DATE OF DEATH
4th May 1945
AGE
28
GRAVESITE
Labuan War Cemetery,Malaysia 29.B.10
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of B. and Mrs Buntman
husband of Kathleen Buntman,Newbury,Victoria...
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