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This plaque includes a dedication to Private Jack Sydney West, service number NX47833, who died at the Sandakan Prisoner of War camp in Borneo during the Second World War. The plaque is mounted on a timber backing board and also includes inscriptions for two of Jack's relatives.
In 2023, the plaque was moved from St Mark's Anglican Church in Nimbin and installed inside St Andrew's Anglican Church in Lismore. It is located next to the St Andrew's Anglican Church Sandakan Memorial Window.
Access to the memorial is restricted to the opening hours of the church.
In memory of
our loving mother and grandma
Mary Jane Morton
Died 15th October 1940 aged 90 years
One of the founders of this Church
and
My dear husband and our father
Sydney Albert West
Died 20th December 1940 aged 94 years
also
My darling son and our brother
Jack Sydney West
Died 20th September 1945 in Sandakan POW Camp Borneo
At rest
[illeg.]
Last held rank | Given Name | Family Name | Conflict/s | Fate | Service No. | Service | Unit at embarkation | Campaign | Read more |
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Private | Jack Sydney | West | Second World War, 1939–45 | Died of disease (DOD) | NX47833 | Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) | Administrative Headquarters AIF Malaya | South-West Pacific 1942 - 1945 | view |