SEVIER JOSEPH [13091]

  General Notes:

The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) Fri 10 Sep 1943
AIF Pioneer In Jap Hands
Among the only A.I.F. men to march from Northam to Perth in the first summer of the war, Driver Joseph Sevier has now been officially reported a prisoner of war in Japanese hands. Born in Bristol, England, about 35 years ago, Sevier came out here when he was 17, went to work on a farm. He now has his own farm at Lake Brown, near Mukinbudin. Sevier arrived in the East Indies shortly before Singapore fell, and no news of him was heard until his sister, Mrs D. Bridges, of Claisebrook Road, East Perth, received the official telegram last week. In October, 1941, he married a South Australian girl, left for Darwin five days later. Two brothers and one sister are still living in England, where they are A.K.P. wardens in Bournemouth. All three served in the last war, the brothers in the Army, the sister as a V.A.D. Both brothers in Australia also fought in the last war. One is in the Army again. Mrs Bridges, the sister living In East Perth, drove an ambulance during the last war and worked in a munition factory. 'This time,' she smiled, 'I must be content with being a blood donor and a canteen worker.'

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1697118
Roll of Honour
Joseph Sevier
Photograph P02468.708 </collection/C335158>
Service number: WX8544
Final RankPrivate
Unit: 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion ServiceAustralian Army
Conflict/Operation: Second World War, 1939-1945
Conflict Eligibility Date: Second World War, 1939-1947
Date of Death: 07 June 1945
Place of Death: Borneo
Cause of Death: Illness
Source: AWM147 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, 2nd AIF (Australian Imperial Force) and CMF (Citizen Military Force)
Location on the Roll of Honour:
Joseph Sevier's name is located at panel 76 in the Commemorative Area </visit/visitor-information/features/commemorative-area> at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).

  Research Notes:

The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Mon 23 Mar 1942
Death on Service:
BUTCHER., Pte. S. R., Died of illness. Australia. Inserted by his friends. Phil Handley (AIF., abroad), Cecil (A.A..C.C, Joe Sevier (AIF, abroad), Pat. Daisy and Harold Bridges (AlF).

SEVIER married Hazel Beryl LEANE [6024] [MRIN: 4835], daughter of Frederick Thomas LEANE [6013] and Emma Elizabeth HOFFMAN [6022], on 8 Oct 1941 in St Peters Church, Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia. (Hazel Beryl LEANE [6024] was born on 21 Feb 1905 in Ellendale, Port Pirie, South Australia, died on 16 Oct 1976 in Adelaide, South Australia and was cremated on 19 Oct 1976 in Centennial Park Crematorium, Adelaide, South Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) Thu 23 Oct 1941
Marriage Notice:
SEVIER-STEVENS.-The marriage of Mrs. Hazel Beryl Stevens, of Port Pirie, to Transport Driver Joseph Sevier, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion; was quietly celebrated at St. Peters Church, Glenelg, on Wednesday, October 8, at 7.30 p.m. Canon Cavalier officiated at the ceremony.