Robert Page (soldier) explained

Robert Page
Birth Date:21 July 1920
Birth Place:Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Death Place:Singapore
Placeofburial:Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore
Allegiance:Australia
Branch:Second Australian Imperial Force
Serviceyears:1940–1945
Rank:Captain
Unit:Z Special Unit
Battles:
Awards:Distinguished Service Order
Relations:Harold Page (father)
Sir Earle Page (uncle)

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 (1991).[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/page-robert-charles-11328/text20225 Lithgow, Shirley, 'Page, Robert Charles (1920–1945)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University