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Thanks very much Mike.

Nicky, Sorry I cant help you. I can see your Uncle listed in the Regimental files, but he just has

Rick of Sydney, you can access The Liberation Questionnaires on the Cofepow site,your Paton is there,hope this helps

Hi Mike.
I wonder if you have any information regarding my great uncle Gilbert Charles DYER, Sapper of 35 Fortress Coy, Royal Engineers, Service No: 1874151
died aged 25 26 Feb 1942 Age: 25 when his ship was sunk somewhere off the coast of Singapore. His mum, my great aunt, was only told he was missing and had thought he may have been

Hi There, I've been frustrated trying to find information on Robert Gibson Paton t/206271. He was a POW in Thailand. Captured Feb 1942. Is there service records or a liberation questionnaire I might be able to access online? Or any information you may be able to pass on? Kind regards, Rick

Mike,thank you so much for all that information, I never expected a reply so soon,it is wonderful to learn a bit more and I can now continue my research on the named camps.Thank you so much it is very much appreciated 😀

Jackie. Your Grandfather was interned in Changi until 26.10.1942. He was then entrained to the Siam Railroad as part of

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Hello, I wonder if you may have any details of my Grandads movements when he was a Pow.George Victor Anderson service number:1872454: A Sapperin the Royal Engineers Unit-35FortressCompany Singapore,I believe he was in Pratchai camp but where else I don't know but would love any info if he was in any other camps before he unfortunately lost his life on the Kachidoki Maru sunk by the USS Pampanito on the 12/09/1944-with the loss of 400 lives-apparently men were left in the sea for 3 day.thank you in advance for any info it is much appreciate, you must spend an enormous amount of time on this site.

Catherine. Successful outcome. Your Grandfather was Sapper Laurence Patrick Burns, Royal Engineers 35 Fortress Command, Singapore. Service number 1880577. Taken prisoner at Changi and imprisoned there until 28.03.1943 when he sailed in the hellship

Hi Mike,
Once again many thanks for the file photos.
I have now heard from Lee at ARCRE and he
has now sent me copies of my father's
Liberation Questionnaire which like the good
lad he was, filled out. He gave the camps he
stayed at as, Changi Birdwood Camp
(14 miles from Singapore Town), Kanu Suki
(19 kms from Tarsoa North), and Tarsoa (North
of Kanburi).
Can you shed any light on what these camps
were and what he did there. Thanks again, Les

Catherine, lets not give up yet, but I will email to see if we can establish more facts. I dont think it right to post on here information about someone who may not be your relative. I will put your grandfathers name as the subject line.

Thank you for for quick response Mikebut unfortunately that address doesn't ring any bells. My grandfathers middle name was Patrick if that is of any help but understand with so little to go off it will be almost impossible to trace him . Catherine

Hi Catherine, I have found a Lawrence Burns, but not sure if it is the right one as a few facts dont match up. Are you able to confirm whether this address means anything to you : Bamington Place. Mike

Hi I am trying to find some information about my grandfather Lawrence Burns from Newcastle UK.

Colin. . Gunner John Mills, 35th light Anti Aircraft Regiment (35 LAA). Taken prisoner on Java on 09.03.1942. Sailed from Batavia to Singapore in the Japanese hellship Nishi Maru 3 on 14.09.1942. This was known as 'Java Party 1'. Arrived Changi, Singapore 18.09.1942. Resailed on 09.10.1942 on unknown vessel usually referred to as NN Maru 14, for Kuching, Borneo. I cannot add any further details, but hopefully another guy may visit here who knows far more about Borneo.

An uncle of mine who was born in New Zealand had travelled to Japan in the 1920's and worked as a translator, writer and university lecturer from 1923 to 1964. He became a prison of war in the Yokohama region about 1942 and ended up in a Catholic monastery in the adjoining mountains for the remaining years of the war. The family would like to know what happened to him during his imprisonment, the years after his release and where he was buried in Japan.

Hi Mike, thanks for your info and have sent my
request to Lee at Arcre, hope he gets it.
Could you send me those wartime files
showing my father's name as this would also
be much appreciated. Les

Recently discovered my great uncle died as a result

Hi Mike,

Could you email me the details of how to apply for my fathers

Les, I will email the information. I will put your Dads name as the subject line.

Hi Mike, I really can't thank you enough for this
information about my father. it's the first thing
I have ever found out about his incarceration
as

Hi Leslie, Information a bit vague, but hopefully some may be useful. Address listed for N of Kin as Grace Haven, Bilaspur Rly. Sta. India. Although Cyril was a member of the Royal Corps of Signals (RCOS) he was permanently attached to the 5th Field Regiment, and is listed in the 1942 Changi files as a member of this regiment. Half of the regiment was sent to Formosa by hellship to slave in the copper mines at Kinkaseki, and the other half were sent by train to the Siam Railway (including Cyril). He embarked on train 8 on 22/03/1943 so he was part of 'D Force'. There was never actually a Camp 4, but were the camp(s) where men in Group 4 ended up. Therefore the letter he wrote home was whilst he was with men of the 5th Field Regiment (not battery) in an unknown camp. Someone who travelled on the same train as Cyril listed his first camp as Kanu 1 (sometimes spelt Kannyu). Although I do not have evidence that Cyril was still with him, the probability must be high. There is a source to apply for his Liberation Questionaire which MAY list his camps if you want to pursue it. Mike.

Hi, my father, 2340122 Signalman Cyril

Hi James & Allen. Private William Hills service number shows that he originally enlisted with the Essex Regiment. However, when taken prisoner at Singapore he was a member of the 4th Btl. Suffolk Regiment, so must have transferred at some point. The only paperwork I have shows he was interned at Changi until 16.05.1943 when he then sailed for Japan, via Formosa, arriving at Moji on 07.06.1943. The hellship was Wales Maru. He was then taken to Hakodate and ended up in Camp 1b Ashibetsu, from where he was repatriated. There is nothing to suggest (in my files) that he ever went anywhere near the Burma Railroad, but if he did it then raises the question of how he was back in Singapore for the sailing in May of 1943. If he completed a liberation questionaire, the answer would be on this, but you will need to post an email address for me to send details of how to obtain this, (only 50% of men completed one).