labuan memorial

LABUAN MEMORIAL
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LABUAN MEMORIAL​

HISTORY INFORMATION
The Labuan Memorial was primarily intended to commemorate the officers and men of the Australian Army and Air Force who died while prisoners of war in Borneo and the Philippines from 1942 to 1945 and during the 1945 operations for the recovery of Borneo, and have no known grave. Subsequently it was found that a number of men belonging to the local forces of North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei who were killed on war service also have no known grave, and they too are honoured here. The memorial commemorates a total of 2294 Commonwealth casualties. Men of the Royal Australian Navy who lost their lives in the south-western Pacific region, and have no grave but the sea, are commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial in England, along with many of their comrades of the Royal Navy and of other Commonwealth Naval Forces.

This memorial consists of a colonnade forming a forecourt immediately inside the wrought iron gates of the main entrance to the cemetery. On the inner faces of the pillars are bronze panels on which are engraved the names of those whom it honours and the dedicatory inscription is on the frieze facing the entrance. Some of those whose names appear on the memorial are undoubtedly buried in unidentified graves in this cemetery.

The memorial was unveiled in June 1953 by His Excellency Major-General Sir Ralph Hone, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of North Borneo.
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  1. 200 FLIGHT RAF Tonkin, Leslie Ernest

    SURNAME Tonkin FORENAME Leslie Ernest UNIT R.A.A.F. RANK Sergeant NUMBER 443698 DATE OF DEATH 25th March 1945 AGE 19 GRAVESITE Labuan Memorial,Malaysia Panel 32 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of William Albert and Hannah Tonkin,Bathurst,N.S.W.,Australia Liberator A72-191 MIA...

  2. 200 FLIGHT RAF Pockley, Harold Graham

    SURNAME Pockley FORENAME Harold Graham UNIT R.A.A.F. RANK Squadron Leader (pilot) NUMBER 260608 DATE OF DEATH 25th March 1945 AGE 32 GRAVESITE Labuan Memorial,Malaysia Panel 32 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 05.02.1913, Graceville, Queensland, Australia son of Harold...

  3. 200 FLIGHT RAF Gradwell, David Prenton

    SURNAME Gradwell FORENAME David Prenton UNIT R.A.A.F. RANK Flight Lieutenant NUMBER 8960 DATE OF DEATH 25th March 1945 AGE 25 GRAVESITE Labuan Memorial,Malaysia Panel 32 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 26.06.1919, Toowoomba, Queensland son of William and Ruth Gradwell...

  4. 200 FLIGHT RAF Day, Leonard Francis

    SURNAME Day FORENAME Leonard Francis UNIT R.A.A.F. RANK Flight Lieutenant NUMBER 409672 DATE OF DEATH 25th March 1945 AGE 26 GRAVESITE Labuan Memorial,Malaysia Panel 32 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of Alfred Thomas and Jessie May Day,Toorak,Victoria,Australia Liberator...

  5. 200 FLIGHT RAF Wilmshurst, Kenneth Charles

    SURNAME Wilmshurst FORENAME Kenneth Charles UNIT R.A.A.F. RANK Sergeant NUMBER 28787 DATE OF DEATH 25th March 1945 AGE 30 GRAVESITE Labuan Memorial,Malaysia Panel 32 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of Arthur Escott and Florence Amelia Wilmshurst,Goodwood Park,South Australia...

  6. 200 FLIGHT RAF Ponting, Charles Kevin

    SURNAME Ponting FORENAME Charles Kevin UNIT R.A.A.F. RANK Sergeant NUMBER 434348 DATE OF DEATH 25th March 1945 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Labuan Memorial,Malaysia Panel 32 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of Charles and Odo Wereburga Ponting,Oxley,Queensland,Australia husband of Maria...

  7. 200 FLIGHT RAF Low, Keith Mervin

    SURNAME Low FORENAME Keith Mervin UNIT R.A.A.F. RANK Sergeant NUMBER 435733 DATE OF DEATH 25th March 1945 AGE 19 GRAVESITE Labuan Memorial,Malaysia Panel 32 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of Mervin Thomas and Ida Low,Ipswich,Queensland,Australia Liberator A72-191 MIA off...

  8. 200 FLIGHT RAF Farmer, Ronald Roy

    SURNAME Farmer FORENAME Ronald Roy UNIT R.A.A.F. RANK Flying Officer NUMBER 412503 DATE OF DEATH 25th March 1945 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Labuan Memorial,Malaysia Panel 32 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 25.8.1921 Lithgow,New South Wales,Australia son of Charles Henry Roy and Elsie...

  9. 200 FLIGHT RAF Cox, Charles Ian

    SURNAME Cox FORENAME Charles Ian UNIT R.A.A.F. RANK Flying Officer NUMBER 415403 DATE OF DEATH 25th March 1945 AGE 22 GRAVESITE Labuan Memorial,Malaysia Panel 32 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of Frederick William and Jessie Egerton Cox,Katanning,Western Australia Liberator...

  10. ZSU O'Dwyer, James Joseph

    SURNAME O'Dwyer FORENAME James Joseph UNIT A.I.F. RANK Sergeant NUMBER QX 38645 DATE OF DEATH 3rd July 1945 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Labuan Memorial,Malaysia Panel 9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of James and Eileen Patricia O'Dwyer husband of Betty...

  11. ZSU Farquharson, Leslie James Howe

    SURNAME Farquharson FORENAME Leslie James Howe UNIT A.I.F. RANK Warrant Officer Second Class NUMBER WX 32471 DATE OF DEATH 7th May 1945 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Labuan Memorial,Malaysia Panel 9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of Frank and Helda Maud Farquharson husband of Phyllis...

  12. ZSU Ellis, Harry Everard

    SURNAME Ellis FORENAME Harry Everard UNIT 2/5th Leicestershire Regiment,attached Z Special Unit RANK Major NUMBER 93124 DATE OF DEATH 25th March 1945 AGE 27 GRAVESITE Labuan Memorial,Malaysia Panel 9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 13.8.1918 Leicester resided Leicester son...
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