Tasmanian War Casualties

World War 11 Casualties

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Blake, Leslie Malcolm

Born 10^th August 1915 New Norfolk Tasmania to George and Annie Ida Blake (nee Bantick) he enlisted Hobart 3^rd June 1941 and was posted to the 2/40^th Battalion Australian Infantry.

He was a prisoner of war and taken aboard the Tamahoko Maru to go to Japan to work in the factories there. One of the ships in the convoy exploded after being torpedoed by the US submarine USS Tang. Nearby the Tamahoko Maru was almost blown apart and water poured in through a gaping hole in her side. There were 267 Australians on board and only 72 survived.

See TAMAHOKO MARU

Photo courtesy Jocelyn Balmer

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