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Stanley Raymond Hallam
1917 - 1943

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• Birth	25 Feb 1917	Moonah, Tasmania, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Jun 1943	P.O.W Thailand
  Person ID	I48	John Forsyth + Catherine McGrath Tasmania
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	John Alfred Hallam,   b. 17 Aug 1865, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 21 Feb 1933, Moonah, Tasmania, Australia
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Henrietta Forsyth,   b. 31 Oct 1871, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 18 Oct 1935, Cornelian Bay, Tasmania, Australia
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	18 Jan 1898	St Davids Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania
  Family ID	F13	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Sat 7 Jul 1945 Page 14 Family Notices HALLAM. - TX2361 Sgt Stanley Raymond Hallam, died while prisoner-of-war in Thailand, June 26, 1943, youngest son of the late Mr and Mrs J. Hallam, Moonah. Service Record Name HALLAM, STANLEY RAYMOND Service Australian Army Service Number TX2361 Date of Birth 25 Feb 1917 Place of Birth HOBART, TAS Date of Enlistment 11 Jun 1940 Locality on Enlistment HOBART, TAS Place of Enlistment HOBART, TAS Next of Kin HALLAM, HARRY Date of Death 26 Jun 1943 Rank Sergeant Posting on Death 2/3 MACHINE GUN BATTALION WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display Prisoner of War Yes Roll of Honour HOBART TAS WAR DIARIES OF WEARY DUNLOP June 1943 Hintock Mountain, Thailand June 24th 1943 Sgt. Hallam collapsed today and apparently death was averted by Ewan carrying out artificial respiration June 26th 1943 Death of Sgt. S.R.(Mickey) Hallam TX 2361 Facts This soldier suffering from fever collapsed on the way to work 22/8/1943; unable to carry on, he made his way back, reported his condition and was sent to hospital. He was diagnosed as having malaria and enteritis. On his own voluntary decision, he lined up with the other men who did not reach the railway that day and shared the sadistic punishment meted out as already described. He was mercilessly beaten up by the Nippon engineer Sgt.” Billie the Pig” and his assistant, “Mollie the Monk”. He was returned to hospital deadly pale, face swollen, neck and chest contused, abrasions to the knees and legs and a sprained right ankle. The temperature was 103.4, excited and sick. He had two attacks of profound unconsciousness, a.m. and p.m. 25.06.1943 similar attack, digitalis commenced. 26.6.1943 Died in a similar attack in the early morning. The cause of death given to the Nipponese Contusion to the heart causing cardiac arrest-a result of beating by the Nippon engineer whilst suffering from malaria on the night of the 22nd. June. The cause of death is really a little vague, possibly the above injury, even malaria affecting the conducting mechanism of the heart. My theory is cardiac beri beri. In any case, he was slain by these Nipponese sadists more certainly than if they had shot him. Osuki accepted the cause of death and said he would write to Tarsau about the incident. This sergeant was buried with the usual simple military honours at 1315, Grave No 14 in our camp cemetery.