WW2 Australian Military casualties (including Army / Navy / RAAF / POW & Civilian Internees)

Sergeant JOHN EDGAR AMOS SX2187 - AIF 2/8 Field Ambulance Australian Army Medical Corps - additional information: Son of William and Sarah Amos; Husband of Hannah Dorothy Irene Amos, of Stepney, South Australia.

The AWM RoH identifies his cause of death as Died of illness while held as a POW - buried in Milan cemetery Italy

His service file has not been digitised by the NAA

 

Private JOHN ERNEST LAW (Mentioned in Despatches) NX16597 - AIF 2/17th Battalion Australian Infantry - additional information: Son of Arthur Ernest and Linda Sarah Law, of Glebe, New South Wales, Australia.

Taken prisoner at Tobruk in April 1941 - Died of wounds in Italy in June 1943 and is buried in Milan cemetery Italy

The unit's war diary shows the events on the day of his capture. Plus a nice example of the command of the English language of the regular Aussie soldier is also attached.

Digitised copy of his MiD paperwork from the AWM is attached along with a couple of extracts from his service file which has been digitised by the NAA

His service file identifies that he died of GSW (Gun Shot Wound) with no further details provided.

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This site (https://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.storia900bivc.it/pagine/editoria/tenconi108.html&prev=search) offers the following info (as translated by Google):

Equally unfortunate was the escape of five prisoners from the detachment of San Germano Vercellese. John Desmond Peck and four other comrades, after passing the barbed wire of the camp, they managed to go to the Swiss border. Ahead of them, for several days without food, but stood by the mountains. For refreshment and regain strength sought help from a pastor who, instead of the promised food, reappeared accompanied by the police. Even for this small group opened the doors of the punishment cells.

According to the report drawn up by the fascist authorities would be charged with an attempt to escape even the killing, which occurred on June 15, 1943 in the detachment of Carpeneto, the Australian soldier John Ernest Law.

According to the testimony already mentioned Sergio Rigola, the killing grounds were rather more. The prisoners, in fact, sometimes throwing in bold bets, how to get as close as possible to the barbed wire. The death of Law, as well, was attributed to a military too subservient to the Regulation, led to do so by a reckless act of the victim.

The field of 106 POWs have provided a further version of events. John Ernest Law, during the day of 15 June, had agreed with a guard the underhand purchase of a certain amount of bread. Despite being a prohibited practice, these trades did not constitute an unusual and occurred with some frequency. The same evening John Law was called outside. Then he came out of the hut and, convinced of receiving the piece of bread agreed, climbed onto the surrounding wall. Once at the top, though, the guard opened fire on him. "It was a brutal trap," testified Dudley Sedgwick, who, in addition, also recalled how the comrade's body was left in the position where he had fallen for the remaining 36 hours.

The sentry who fired, according to the deposition of Sedgwick, had been previously punished for falling asleep on duty. A push to the vile behavior of the guard, then, there was the will to redeem the eyes of the command or the desire for revenge against one of the alleged perpetrators of the recall immediately. Him who nourished his spirit of revenge, perhaps, was the same soldier, appisolatosi under a tree, he had seen the rifle subtract from those Pow that was supposed to closely monitor.

 

Private JAMES CAMPBELL McCRACKEN VX45756 - AIF 2/24th Battalion Australian Infantry - additional information: Son of John and Ada Willett McCracken, of North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The AWM RoH identifies his cause of death as Killed in action after becoming a POW - buried in Milan cemetery Italy (I am unable to find any further details on his death).

His service file has not been digitised by the NAA


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Shot in Varallo April 15, 1944: James Campbell McCracken was born in Ararat April 6, 1919; enlisted July 10, 1940, Australian Army, Battalion 2/24, VX45756, soldier.

 

Private LESLIE ARTHUR PARKER (Mentioned in Despatches) WX14394 - AIF 2/32nd Battalion Australian Infantry - additional information: Son of Arthur James Henry and Lucy Parker; Husband of Margaret Louise Parker, of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.

The AWM RoH identifies that he died from Wounds (Escaping while Prisoner Of War) - buried in Milan cemetery Italy. A newspaper article carries details on his death while fighting with Italian Partisans.

His service file has not been digitised by the NAA

Digitised copy of his MiD paperwork from the AWM is attached


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This site (https://translate.go...tml&prev=search) offers the following info (as translated by Google):

Their accession to the partisan movement, then, was standing on foundations rather fragile, which were put into serious question over the summer, when a couple of negative events led them to decide to leave the area to flee to France. To push the group toward this choice were the roundup that swept the "Bixio" in early June and, above all, the Leslie Parker's death.

On 26 May 1944, a team moved in the direction of Magnano in order to disarm a fascist garrison. The arrival of a German column near Torrazzo, however, dramatically changed the plans. It was suddenly decided to organize an ambush, which brought him to the enemy considerable losses. The action also participated Leslie Parker and his bomb Plastic invested in full German car.

The reaction was realized a few days later with a vast mopping. The "Bixio" found himself surrounded and his men tried to pass through the mesh of the roundup. This action, far from simple, was paid dearly: two partisans were killed in the clashes, while many were those captured

 

Private ROSS HAROLD MUDGE NX54257 - AIF 2/3 Pioneer Battalion Australian Infantry - additional information: Son of Harold Thomas Mudge and Mabel Mudge, of Coogee, New South Wales, Australia.

The AWM RoH identifies his cause of death as Execution while held as a POW - buried in Milan cemetery Italy (I am unable to find any further details on his death). A newspaper article carries details on his capture.

His service file has been digitised by the NAA - shows that he died at Ospedale Civile Ivrea

 

Private DOUGLAS SMEDLEY VX42361 - AIF 2/23rd Battalion Australian Infantry - additional information: Son of Henry and Adeline Jane Smedley, of Berringama, Victoria, Australia.

The AWM RoH identifies his cause of death as Execution while held as a POW - buried in Milan cemetery Italy (I am unable to find any further details on his death).

His service file has been digitised by the NAA


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This site offers the following info (as translated by Google):

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[SIZE=12pt]those poor men. Shortly before his death, he told of Callabiana clearly heard the gunshots. When silence returned and did not remain that the flames of the roof collapsing, was another resident, Baptist, who went to see the tragedy.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Needless to dwell on the details of the barbarism that suffered our involuntary heroes: the New Zealanders George Batt and John Clark and Australian Douglas Smedley.[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] [/SIZE]

 

Private HARRY HERBERT MILLER WX11952 - AIF 2/28th Battalion Australian Infantry - additional information: Son of Henry Arthur and Lillian Miller.

The AWM RoH identifies his cause of death as Execution while held as a POW - buried in Milan cemetery Italy

His service file has been digitised by the NAA and it contains details on his death while fighting with Italian Partisans.


Also identified as being killed alongside Private Miller: Corporal FRANKLIN BOWES 12626 - 26th Battalion New Zealand Infantry - additional information: Son of Emerson and Louise Bowes, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; Husband of Rhona Bowes, of Christchurch.


Frank Bowes (NZ), Harry Miller (AUS) Fallen in the Mosso 02/21/1944 and to all the soldiers dell'ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) died for freedom in the Biella - 1943/45

Australian and New Zealand Memorial

Killed in Mosso Santa Maria February 21, 1944:

Franklin Bowes, New Zealand, belonging to 26 infantry battalion, class 1908, serial 12626, corporal;

Harry Herbert Miller, born in Birmingham September 14, 1920; enlisted April 29, 1941, Australian Army, belonging to the 2/28 infantry battalion, WX11952

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Now recognised by the CWGC -

J.T. DONNELLY (NAA File header - Personal claim arising out of the death of brother in Siam - J W Donnelly)


http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/61746-new-cwgc-commemorations-30th-june-2016/

 

Major MACARTNEY, STANISLAUS ODO DE BURGH SNAPE Service Number 52286 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers - Died 21/01/1945 Aged 43

(known as "SAM"). Son of John and Kathleen Snape of Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Sylvia Mary MacNish Macartney, of Tallow, Co. Carlow, Irish Republic.


The process at the Australian War Memorial regarding addition to the Honour Rolls sometimes isn’t rapid but it doesn’t give up either.

While researching something on the CWGC database I noticed that this bloke was not commemorated on the AWM roll.

I sent them an email in March 2013 and just received their response:

From: @awm.gov.au]

Sent: Monday, 16 October 2017 10:22 AM

To: me

Subject: Stanislaus Odo de Burgh Snape Macartney

Good morning David,

I am pleased to inform you that Stanislaus Odo de Burgh Snape Macartney has been approved for addition to the Australian War Memorial’s Commemorative Roll.

I have added his name to the Commemorative Roll database, including both his birth name and “Sam Macartney” as an also known as. You can view his name on the Commemorative Roll database here: https:// www. awm.gov.au/collection/ R2603595

We will add his name to the Commemorative Roll book in the coming months.

Yours sincerely,

Assistant Curator, Honour Rolls | Research Centre



From: Barlow,

Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2013 8:51 AM

To: AWM

Subject: Not on CommRoll: MACARTNEY, STANISLAUS ODO De BURGH SNAPE

Good morning AWM - I can't locate this officer on the CommRoll. I know that the verification process has tightened up quite a bit so it might be that as he married in Ireland he was not considered to be an Australian at the time of death.

However, his circumstances look similar to a fellow officer killed earlier in the war who is commemorated on the roll - Kauter, Herman Joseph - Son of Herman and Ida Kauter; husband of Elizabeth Audrey Kauter, of Eastbourne, Sussex. Of Australia.

 

Dave well done mate

 

To be brutally frank, I had forgotten all about it. Most of my emails to the various online authorities are fire & forget.

Sometimes they respond & sometimes they email me after 4 years to let me know they agree with me......

 

Well done Dave.