Rex Robert Flavell

Gunner

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Robert and Dorothy Margaret Flavell, of Dapto, New South Wales.

References:

Australian Nominal Roll (WWII)

NZ WAR GRAVES

Source: Australian War Memorial, Reference: P02467.030

Biographical Notes:

"NX4745 Gunner Rex Robert Flavell, 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was 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. Gunner Flavell, aged 28, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 17 February 1945. He was the son of Robert and Dorothy Margaret Flavell, of Dapto, NSW." [https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C333460, accessed 15/08/2022]

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Casualty

Service Number:

NX4745

Name:

Rex Robert Flavell

Rank:

Gunner

Date of Birth:

15 March 1916

Place of Birth:

Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand

Next of Kin:

Flavell, Robert

Date of Enlistment:

01 January 1941

Locality on Enlistment:

Paddington, New South Wales

Place of Enlistment:

Megan, New South Wales

Unit:

AIF, Royal Australian Artillery, 2/15 Field Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of sickness

Date of Death:

17 February 1945

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Labuan Memorial

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 4.

Cemetery Location:

Malaysia