FAIRY William Frederick VX48685 HQ Coy [B Force]

Cpl William Fairy was on 5 May 1919 in Preston. He enlisted in the AIF on 8 August 1940, joining the Battalion on 25 November 1940.

As a prisoner of war, Cpl Fairy was part of B Force who were sent by ship from Changi to Borneo in July 1942. Cpl Fairy was part of the group of five 2/29th men to escape from Sandakan and spent six months living in the jungle before being captured and sentenced to imprisonment at Outram Road Gaol.

William Fairy died on 5 April 1944.