Private Robert Ronald Trotter

2^nd Company Australian Army Service Corps

 

 

Service Number:                     QX17300

Place of Enlistment:               Kelvin Grove

Age of Enlistment:                  31 Years, 6 months

Date of Enlistment:                 25^th of June 1940

Embarked:                               Fremantle, 7^th of August 1941

Transport Ship:                       HMAT ‘DD’ for Singapore

Place of Death:                       Taken Prisoner of War on 16^th of February 1942 at the Fall of Singapore

                                                 Died of Illness 15^th of July 1944, Malaya

Resting Place:                        Buried Kranji War Cemetery 4. B. 7 Singapore

Unit Badge:                             Australian Army Service Corps

Additional Information:

Over 22,000 Australians would become prisoners of the Japanese during the second World War. More than 8,000 Australians died in Japanese captivity, most of these deaths were due to the indifference and brutality of their captors. Deaths from illness (as in the case of Private Trotter) and malnutrition were commonplace.