Lance Corporal Anthony Milton Fahey

Service number NX53301
Birth Date 1910-12-09
Death Date 1945-08-10
Death Place Borneo
Final Rank Lance Corporal
Service Australian Army
Unit 8 Division Supply Column
Place Borneo
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Lance Corporal Anthony Milton Fahey enlisted to the Second Australian Imperial Force on 8 July 1940. He served with 8 Division Supply Column in Malaya, and was captured by the Japanese as a prisoner of war in February 1942. In July 1942, Lance Corporal Fahey was transferred from Changi Prisoner of War Camp, Singapore, to Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp, Borneo. Lance Corporal Fahey died of illness on 10 August 1945, while a prisoner on Borneo. He is commemorated at Labuan Memorial, Malaysia.

Rolls

  • Roll of Honour:

    Unit
    8 Division Supply Column
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Lance Corporal

Timeline

Date of birth 09 December 1910
Date of enlistment 08 July 1940
Date of death 10 August 1945