--->Lionel 
Victor 
KEARNS [Victor Lionel KEARNS WW2 Records]




 --->Vic KEARNS - More War Records 







24 JUL  1940 - Vic signed Attestation 
Form



04 SEP 1940 - Medical Exam



04 SEP 1940 - Vic signed Oath of Enlistment.




02 FEB  1941   10AGH [Aust. General Hospital]  
- left Sydney on the 
Queen 
Mary



18 FEB  1941   10AGH   - Queen Mary arrived 
Singapore.



19 FEB  1941   10AGH  travelled by train to 
Malacca - expanded a British hospital from 400 to 600 beds.



DEC 1941 - Japanese Invasion of Malaya -  
10AGH 
joined the 13 AGH in Jahore Bahru (across the causeway from Singapore)



JAN 1942  - 10AGH moved down to Singapore 
: 
Oldham Hall - later expanded into nearby MANOR House



FEB 1942- "All nurses were to be evacuated 
to 
Australia"

                    - 30 sisters left on Empire Star.

                    - Next group left on Vyner Brook 12 FEB - attacked by Jap bombers on 14 
FEB



15 FEB 1942 - "Fall of Singapore"



27 FEB 1942 - Vic listed as "MISSING"



03 JUN 1943 - Vic reported now as 
POW [Changi]



AUG 1943 - L Force Formed - half day walk 
into 
Singapore Train Station.



23 AUG 1943 - L Force left Singapore by train
                     - took 5 days to Ban Pong
                     - Then took barges up Mae Klong River



29AUG 1943 - arrived at Kanchanaburi
                    - Vic spent 1 year 8 months here
                    - No. 2 Coolie Hospital (Dai Ni hospital)
                    - L Force - 4 MO's and 20 OR's - Major Andrews in charge



6 APR 1945



02 SEP 1945 - WW2 officially ended with the 
signing 
of surrender documents.



19 SEP 1945 - Vic reported alive in SIAM 
(Thailand)




29 SEP 1945 - Vic embarked Singapore on 
the 
Tamaroa



20 OCT 1945 - Disembarked Sydney




02 JAN 1946 - Discharged from Army




Vic put his age up by 3 years and reversed his first and second names : 








Changi POW Camp Roll : 















Vic was one of the cooks :









Found Alive : 19 Sep 1945 : 




POWs Coming Home : 04 Oct 1945 : 




Returning Home :




Homecoming with his aunties :




With his sister Dell :