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Ann
Exeter
I added a request this week but did not enter my father
Mike
UK 18.04.2019
Hi Catherine. re William Dawber.The little information I have found does not seem to stack up with the information you have related. I have him crewing the ship HMS Rahman after his rescue from Prince of Wales. HMS Rahman was patrolling the Sunda Straits between Sumatra and Java when he became a prisoner of the Japanese. He was taken to Serang in the far west of Java in March 1942, before moving to 2 other camps on Java. In September 1942 he was sent from Batavia in the hellship Nishi Maru 3, as part of Java Party 1, on 14.09.1942, to Singapore, arriving 18.09.1942. He was then taken to Changi Camp. On 09.10.1942 he departed Singapore for Kuching. I cannot see anything that would involve being in a cinema in Singapore, or how the opportunity would have occurred. Regarding the Australian submarine, I am not aware that Australia had any submarines. I believe the only one they had was a Dutch one named as K9, but I believe she was only used as a training vessel.
Jonathan Moffatt
UK
Ann,regarding Charles Gregory. Have you received my e mails regarding 'Greg'? I have quite a detailed report he wrote about his experiences 1941-1942. Do you want this?
albert wilkie
Hammersmith, Middlesex, England, United Ki
I wonder if I could find any reference to my uncle 2750482 Angus Heggie . Born Dundee. Attested for The Black Watch , Perth, 3/1/1925, aged 18 years 31 days . Trade: Millworker. He served until 4/5/1938 . BW Enlistment Book, No 7 2750025-2751029 B WRA uncat re-joined his regiment in 1939 He was captured by the Japenese maybe he enlisted as Angus Wilkie his stepfathers name
Mike
Uk 17.04.2019
Hi Ann. re father Charles Gregory. I have very little regarding the civilian internees, but I can reference a file from Changi Gaol showing his enslavement. It shows him in Block 4, floor 4, cell 38. That is all I have, would you like me to email them?
Catherine Mosey
UK
Hello Mike, I posted a while back and can't see a reply.I can add Kuching to this. Here is what I wrote and thank you so much for your interest and help.... I am keen to know if you had any 'luck' with finding any info on my Grandad.It does help if I add my Grandad's name!!! William Dawber , leading seaman D SSX 19538... Thank you!
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Ann
Exeter
I added a request this week but did not enter my father
MarK Biddle
London
Thank you very much for giving me information On my Great Uncle John Devonald
My other Great Uncle Gordon Meredith Evans was on board HMS Exeter which sank in Java Sea
Many thanks
again
Mark
My other Great Uncle Gordon Meredith Evans was on board HMS Exeter which sank in Java Sea
Many thanks
again
Mark
Ann Hoskins
Exeter, England
I am looking for information about my father who was interned in Changhi from Singapore on 6.3.42 and released st the end of the war in about August 1945. He had been managing a rubber plantation at Kerilla, Kelantan and moved in front of the fighting to Singapore when it fell.
Mike
UK 11.04.2019
Mark: Re Private John Henry Stuart Devonald, 5828894. NOK address given as 27, Shacklewell Row, London E8, but born Harwich, Suffolk. 1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Arrived Singapore on 29.01.1942. Held at Changi from capitulation on 15.02.42 and then entrained for the Siam Railroad in Party
Mike
UK 11.04.2019
Hi Kerry. Re Gunner Percy Charles Cook, 1080745. Address: 14, Brittany Street, London, SE11.
27.09.1941 embarked at Liverpool on the Dominion Monarch
The regiment arrived in Singapore on 28 November 1941. It first stopped at Kajang, near Kuala Lumpur and arrived in the 11th Indian Divisional area on 12 December. Engaged in fierce battles at Jitra Crossroads and Slim River. Captured Singapore 15.02.1942, and he was one of the first to be sent to the Siam Railroad on 20.06.1942. This was one of the parties to construct the accommodation at Non Pladuk for the rest of the men to follow. This train party of 600 men was mostly made up of RA men. 286 men of the 137 Regiment, and 199 men of the 80th Anti Tank Regiment, + 58 medics from RAMC. These men ended up in Group 4 workforce and therefore would have been in the area of Wampo, Tonchan, Kanu and Hintock. No more detail at the moment.
27.09.1941 embarked at Liverpool on the Dominion Monarch
The regiment arrived in Singapore on 28 November 1941. It first stopped at Kajang, near Kuala Lumpur and arrived in the 11th Indian Divisional area on 12 December. Engaged in fierce battles at Jitra Crossroads and Slim River. Captured Singapore 15.02.1942, and he was one of the first to be sent to the Siam Railroad on 20.06.1942. This was one of the parties to construct the accommodation at Non Pladuk for the rest of the men to follow. This train party of 600 men was mostly made up of RA men. 286 men of the 137 Regiment, and 199 men of the 80th Anti Tank Regiment, + 58 medics from RAMC. These men ended up in Group 4 workforce and therefore would have been in the area of Wampo, Tonchan, Kanu and Hintock. No more detail at the moment.
Mark Biddle
London
My Great Uncle John Henry Stuart Devonald born 1917
went to Singapore next day capurted and no one knew he was alive or dead he surrived came home married Lily French sister of a friend
Love to hear more about him
went to Singapore next day capurted and no one knew he was alive or dead he surrived came home married Lily French sister of a friend
Love to hear more about him
Fiona Humphries
Perth
Looking for information on my great uncle other than that already digitised on national archives
Kerry Warren
England
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Chris
Deal kent.
I just want to say.. I do not know how you keep up and and you are doing a great service ,been following the many stories for a few years now... Well done mike you are one of a Kind
Jeff Crisdale
Perth, WA
FYI,
NX57309 the late Cpl Richard "Dick" John COCHRAN of 2nd/12th Field Company (one of the Changi artists whose work is displayed on this excellent site) went on to establish a Commercial Art business in Sydney after the war, at one stage in the 60's being called "R.J. Cochrane & Associates".
My late father (NX22644 Pte Alec CRISDALE of 2nd/17th Inf Bn) had fine artistic skills & ended up being employed by "Dick" from the early 1950's until well into the 70's as one of his chief Commercial Artists. I personally visited the studios a number of times with my dad when I was growing up & have fond memories of the premises (firstly at 39 Park St, Sydney then later on the 3rd floor of 129/131 Castlereagh St, Sydney). Sadly both premises have since been demolished for more "modern" architecture.
"Dick" Cochrane passed away at Orange, NSW, on 11 Feb 2004, aged 87 years. R.I.P.
NX57309 the late Cpl Richard "Dick" John COCHRAN of 2nd/12th Field Company (one of the Changi artists whose work is displayed on this excellent site) went on to establish a Commercial Art business in Sydney after the war, at one stage in the 60's being called "R.J. Cochrane & Associates".
My late father (NX22644 Pte Alec CRISDALE of 2nd/17th Inf Bn) had fine artistic skills & ended up being employed by "Dick" from the early 1950's until well into the 70's as one of his chief Commercial Artists. I personally visited the studios a number of times with my dad when I was growing up & have fond memories of the premises (firstly at 39 Park St, Sydney then later on the 3rd floor of 129/131 Castlereagh St, Sydney). Sadly both premises have since been demolished for more "modern" architecture.
"Dick" Cochrane passed away at Orange, NSW, on 11 Feb 2004, aged 87 years. R.I.P.
Mike
25.03.2019
Rebecca. Can you confirm I have the correct John Simm. Did he die in Kuching in April 1944 ?
Rebecca
Nottinghamshire
I am looking for information about my Gt Gt Uncle, Gunner John Simm who was a Prisoner of War in Kuching in 1943.
Gary Lewis
Beckenham
My uncle dapper Henry ( Harry ) Lewis royal engineers
Mike
UK 18.03.2019
Hi Ava, I only have some sketchy details. Gunner Ernest Victor Pearson, of Dovercourt, Harwich, Essex. Service number 1493896. 85th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillary. Arrived in Singapore on USS Mount Vernon on 13.01.1942, with the 18th Division, who had been diverted from the Middle East to act as reinforcements, so only had a month before the surrender on 15.02.1942. Imprisoned at Changi until October 11th 1942, when he was then sent to the Burma Railroad. He was with Group 4 (sometimes incorrectly stated as Camp 4) so he would have been in the area of Wampo, Tonchan, Kanu and Hintock amongst others. I believe he was still in Thailand at the end of the war. He does have a Liberation Questionnaire but unfortunately he just put 'Thailand' on it, without any detail.
Ava hamilton
Scotland
Could I please have the information on Ernest Victor Pearson for Harwich
Mike
UK 13.03.2019
Ava / Eva. There are two Ernest Pearsons. 1. Ernest James from Norwich. 2. Ernest Victor from Harwich. Both POWs on Burma Railroad. Which one do you want?
Ava Hamilton
Scotland
Looking to find information on a man called Ernest Pearson. He was a POW survivor who worked on the Burma railway in Thailand around the 1940s
Eva Hamilton
Scotland
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