WALTER Milton Ward

1907 - 1943  (36 years)

• Name	WALTER Milton Ward
  Born	28 May 1907	Coghills Creek VIC   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Between 15 Jun 1940 and 12 Nov 1943	South-East Asia   [2]
  	Served during WWII as No. VX27770, Lance Corporal, 2/29 Battalion, Australian Infantry, 2nd. AIF.
  	Reported missing on 10 Apr 1942. Confirmed as a POW on 1 Nov 1943. Prisoner of War in Burma. Drafted into A Force, a forced labour work force to build the Thai-Burma railway. Died following a leg amputation caused by tropical ulcers while a POW in Burma (Myanmar). Lest We Forget.
  _UID	3A039E66E356468E9AF470D3255B695C64BD
  Died	12 Nov 1943	Kohn Khan Camp, Burma (Myanmar)   [3]
  	Cause: Died following a leg amputation caused by tropical ulcers while a POW in Burma.
  	Lest We Forget
  Buried	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Mon State, Burma (Myanmar)   [4]
  	The initial burial was at Kohn Khan Camp but following the end of hostilities the Army Graves Service arranged that all burials were re-interred at Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery in Southern Burma (now Myamar). The cemetery is now maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to which Australia continues to contribute.
  Person ID	I8666	The Relatives of F.L. WALTER
  Last Modified	28 May 2022

  
  

  Father	WALTER William,   b. 20 Jul 1875, Coghills Creek VIC ,   d. 24 Oct 1951, Mooroopna Hospital, Mooroopna VIC  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	MEYER Catherine,   b. 15 Jan 1879, Ballarat VIC ,   d. 4 Sep 1935, West Coburg VIC  (Age 56 years)
  Married	1 Jun 1903	Ballarat VIC   [5]
  Family ID	F2048	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones		Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma (Myanmar). The burial place of L/Cpl. Milton Ward WALTER (1907-1943) a prisoner of war who died while in captivity.
  		Headstone of VX27770, L/Cpl. Milton Ward WALTER (1907-1943), 2/29 Battalion, Australian Infantry, 2nd. AIF who was a prisoner of war who died while in captivity on the Thai-Burma Railway during WWII. Lest We Forget.

  
  

• Sources

  [S840] ZZ Place Record: Coghills Creek VIC, Place Rec Id [P355]. [S3340] ZZ Place Record: South-East Asia, Place Rec Id [P3731]. [S3341] ZZ Place Record: Kohn Khan Camp, Burma (Myanmar), Place Rec Id [P3740]. [S8412] ZZ Place Record: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Mon State, Burma (Myanmar), Place Rec Id [P10698]. [S538] ZZ Place Record: Ballarat VIC, Place Rec Id [P2].