CURRAN FAMILY

Enlisted Brisbane. Was POW Thailand. Returned to Sydney. Discharged 30/10/46 Redbank.

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4498091

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=1925429

There were 3 camps in Thailand. I don't know which one he was in but all were involved in the Burma/Thailand railway construction I believe.

Prisoners of War - A H J Ponting Service number: QX20776 Rank: Private Unit: 3 Reserve Motor Transport Company Conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945 Theatre of war: Java Casualty: Prisoner of War Location of camp: Thailand Source: Prisoner of War capture cards or letter

http://books.historia.com.au/equal-to-the-task_v1-raasc/e1-uh/e1-uh_2-3resmt.html

Article describing the actions of 3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, their capture and subsequent work in PoW camps.

https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60528&h=148904794&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=FDu1&_phstart=successSource