World War 11 Casualties

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Sawford Bertie George

Born Oatlands Tasmania on the 25^th October 1914 the son of George and Cecilia Sawford was married and living in Melbourne when he enlisted, Private Bertie George Sawford was a member of the 2/29^th Battalion and one of the many allied prisoners held in the Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp in North Borneo having been transferred there from Singapore as part of B Force.   

He had been at Changi but was transported from there on the 7^th July 1942 on the tramp ship Ubi Maru which arrived in Sandakan Harbour on the 18^th July 1942.

He died from illness as a prisoner of the Japanese on 11^th April 1945. 

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