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Alexander A "Boy" Filewood
1919 - 1945 (26 years)-
Name Alexander A "Boy" Filewood [1] Born 17 Mar 1919 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia Gender Male Died 1 Aug 1945 Sandakan Prison Camp, Sabah, Borneo [1, 2] Buried 2 Aug 1945 Labuan, Malaysia [1] Person ID I13185 So Many Generations Last Modified 21 Feb 2021
Father Weslie Arthur Patrick Filewood, b. 17 Mar 1898, Grafton, New South Wales, Australia , d. 1952, Balmain, New South Wales, Australia (Age 53 years) Relationship natural Mother Ruth Grant "Grant" Phemister, b. 29 Dec 1900, Grafton, New South Wales, Australia , d. 14 Jun 1933 (Age 32 years) Relationship natural Married 1920 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia Family ID F3466 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Married Never married Last Modified 21 Feb 2021 Family ID F10531 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - (Medical):Family lore says Boy died the day after the war officially ended. He was a prisoner of war in Sandarkan.
- (Medical):Family lore says Boy died the day after the war officially ended. He was a prisoner of war in Sandarkan.
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Sources - [S355] Web: International, Find A Grave Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2013;;).
- [S3030] Details: http://www.awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp Citation Text:Filewood, Alexander Number: NX30862 Rank: Gunner [Gnr] Unit: 2/15FD REGT RAA Service: Army Conflict: 1939-1945 Date of Death:01/08/1945 Place of Death: Borneo Cause of Death: Massacred.
- [S355] Web: International, Find A Grave Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2013;;).