Cemetery: Taukkyan War Cemetery
Country: Myanmar
Area:
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Official Number: 5575563
Unit: 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Country of Service: British
Details: 16/02/44 Age 32 3. C. 13. Son of Frank and Ada Oram; husband of Alice Maud Oram, of Edington, Wiltshire. HE Oram was killed in action 16/17 Feb 1944 attacking Point 315 - Battle of Sinzweya (Ngakyedauk Pass) Arakan Burma. The attack plan was to clear the Japanese off of the high point from which they were shelling the Sinzweya resupply area (the admin box). The CO Major C Hoey was awarded a posthumous VC in the same action.
Photograph by JULIEN ROHNAY