Private Ernest Albert BURANDT, Service No: VX17846 was born in Newport on 11 July 1919 and enlisted in the Australian Army on 27 May 1940. He served in the 105 General Transport Company, Workshops Platoon; 1st Australian Corps Petrol Park, and served in Benghazi, Greece and Syria and became a POW in Java. During 1944, he became a POW in Java and passed away (drowned) at sea near Nagasaki, East China Sea, Pacific Ocean, on 24 Jun 1944, aged 24 years Source: vwma.org.au and nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au aif, private ernest albert burandt, pow, ww2, australian army