Name PAGE, ROBERT CHARLES
Service Australian Army
Service Number NX19158
Date of Birth 21 Jul 1920
Place of Birth SYDNEY, NSW
Date of Enlistment 26 May 1941
Locality on Enlistment POTTS POINT, NSW
Place of Enlistment PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin PAGE, HAROLD
Date of Death 07 Jul 1945
Rank Captain
Posting on Death "Z" Special Unit
Prisoner of War Yes
Roll of Honour CANBERRA ACT
Honours Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
Robert Charles Page, DSO (21 July 1920 – 7 July 1945) was an Australian soldier who was a member of Z Special Unit during the Second World War. He took part in Operation Jaywick and Operation Rimau, in which he was captured and executed by the Japanese. He was the nephew of Australian prime minister Sir Earle Page, and the son of Harold Page, who died as a Japanese prisoner of war in 1942. Page was played by John Howard in the film The Highest Honor (1983) and Chris Morsley in The Heroes (1989) and Heroes II: The Return (1991).
Contributor: Libby Bee (49038416)
Was Executed by the Japanese on Operation Ramau with Z Force.
Service Australian Army
Service Number NX19158
Date of Birth 21 Jul 1920
Place of Birth SYDNEY, NSW
Date of Enlistment 26 May 1941
Locality on Enlistment POTTS POINT, NSW
Place of Enlistment PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin PAGE, HAROLD
Date of Death 07 Jul 1945
Rank Captain
Posting on Death "Z" Special Unit
Prisoner of War Yes
Roll of Honour CANBERRA ACT
Honours Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
Robert Charles Page, DSO (21 July 1920 – 7 July 1945) was an Australian soldier who was a member of Z Special Unit during the Second World War. He took part in Operation Jaywick and Operation Rimau, in which he was captured and executed by the Japanese. He was the nephew of Australian prime minister Sir Earle Page, and the son of Harold Page, who died as a Japanese prisoner of war in 1942. Page was played by John Howard in the film The Highest Honor (1983) and Chris Morsley in The Heroes (1989) and Heroes II: The Return (1991).
Contributor: Libby Bee (49038416)
Was Executed by the Japanese on Operation Ramau with Z Force.
Name PAGE, ROBERT CHARLES
Service Australian Army
Service Number NX19158
Date of Birth 21 Jul 1920
Place of Birth SYDNEY, NSW
Date of Enlistment 26 May 1941
Locality on Enlistment POTTS POINT, NSW
Place of Enlistment PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin PAGE, HAROLD
Date of Death 07 Jul 1945
Rank Captain
Posting on Death "Z" Special Unit
Prisoner of War Yes
Roll of Honour CANBERRA ACT
Honours Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
Robert Charles Page, DSO (21 July 1920 – 7 July 1945) was an Australian soldier who was a member of Z Special Unit during the Second World War. He took part in Operation Jaywick and Operation Rimau, in which he was captured and executed by the Japanese. He was the nephew of Australian prime minister Sir Earle Page, and the son of Harold Page, who died as a Japanese prisoner of war in 1942. Page was played by John Howard in the film The Highest Honor (1983) and Chris Morsley in The Heroes (1989) and Heroes II: The Return (1991).
Contributor: Libby Bee (49038416)
Was Executed by the Japanese on Operation Ramau with Z Force.
Service Australian Army
Service Number NX19158
Date of Birth 21 Jul 1920
Place of Birth SYDNEY, NSW
Date of Enlistment 26 May 1941
Locality on Enlistment POTTS POINT, NSW
Place of Enlistment PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin PAGE, HAROLD
Date of Death 07 Jul 1945
Rank Captain
Posting on Death "Z" Special Unit
Prisoner of War Yes
Roll of Honour CANBERRA ACT
Honours Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
Robert Charles Page, DSO (21 July 1920 – 7 July 1945) was an Australian soldier who was a member of Z Special Unit during the Second World War. He took part in Operation Jaywick and Operation Rimau, in which he was captured and executed by the Japanese. He was the nephew of Australian prime minister Sir Earle Page, and the son of Harold Page, who died as a Japanese prisoner of war in 1942. Page was played by John Howard in the film The Highest Honor (1983) and Chris Morsley in The Heroes (1989) and Heroes II: The Return (1991).
Contributor: Libby Bee (49038416)
Was Executed by the Japanese on Operation Ramau with Z Force.
Gravesite Details
Captain, Australian Infantry. Age: 24.
Family Members
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