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Kirkpatrick Family History
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 1920 - Yes, date unknown
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| Name |
John Ashton"Jack" VARLEY |
| Prefix |
Lieut. |
| Suffix |
,M.C,2/19th Btn,AIF,of Kent Farm,Glen Innes,NSW |
| Nickname |
Jack |
| Born |
23 Sep 1920 |
Inverell, New South Wales, Australia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Yes, date unknown |
| Person ID |
I12153 |
Kirkpatrick Family |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Father |
Brigadier. Arthur Leslie VARLEY, ,M.C+Bar.,2/18th Btn AIF.Commander of 'A' Force, b. 13 Oct 1893, Granville, New South Wales, Australia , d. 13 Sep 1944, the vicinity of the Japanese Transport, the Rakuyo Maru (Age 50 years) |
| Mother |
Linda Adelaide MIDDLETON, b. 30 Mar 1893, Warialda, New South Wales, Australia , d. 18 Aug 1925, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia (Age 32 years) |
| Married |
17 Dec 1919 |
Armidale, New South Wales, Australia |
| Family ID |
F5307 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- ServiceNumber-NX60090.Jack was 19 when he enlisted in the army in July 1940 and 20 when he was shipped to Singapore with the 8th Division's 2/19th Battalion in 1941. He was 21 when cited for a Military Cross for "conspicuous gallantry in complete disregard for his personal safety" during fierce fighting against invading Japanese troops on the Malay peninsula in January 1942.
Jack survived 3½ years in Singapore's Changi prison and on the infamous Thai-Burma railway as a member of "A"Force, His father did not. Neither did one in every three of the more than 21,500 Australian soldiers captured by the Japanese in all theatres of the Pacific war. Of these, 7777 died in captivity, including 123 officers, while 13,872 survived. Of the dead, 27 were executed for attempted escape, 193 were executed for "other reasons" and "375 others were believed to have been executed".
Ref:"Savaged in battle, blotted from history",Sydney Morning Herald,2007.
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