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June Sylvia Smith

Upwey

To continue re. L.L.Loyd painting Its a good a4 size Appears to be water colouror some other texture in greys and greens in Sumatra The Siak River If you feel you know this artist ...let me know Most interested. Been in our family for a long time Thank you JUNE

June Sylvia Smith

Upwey

I am in possession of the Siak River of an art piece signed by L.L.Lloyd 1952

Mike

14.03.2015

Hi Keith, (re John Albert Clem). He was a member of

Keith

Devon

I have done some research into the fate of an uncle, Signalman John Albert Clem (332626) Royal Signals, who was captured at Singapore on 15.02.42 and was initially held at Changi.

Mike

12.03.2015

Hi Nicole, (re Private Clarence Maxwell Lenehan ) Sorry, but this will not make pleasant reading. He was a member of the ill fated H Force. The party of 3270 left Singapore in 6 train lots during the period 5th to the 17th May 1943. Consisting of 1141 British, 670 Australians, 588 Dutch, 26 Americans, Malay Volunteers and Indians made up the rest. A unique feature of H Force was an Officers Party made up of 260 Officers who worked as labourers. A number H Force were sick before departure, the last work party to leave for the railway their death rate was extremely high. Initially this group went to Tonchan Camp 139 Kilometres north of Non Pluduc. The Australians under Lt Colonel Oakes with Major green 2/IC went to Konyu Camp 2 (also spelt Kannyu) and worked on the Hellfire Pass Cutting, also the Three Tier Bridge, which took a deadly toll of the men. Living conditions were atrocious the only protection from then wet were 24 canvas tent fly sheets. Your great uncle was laid to rest at Kannyu, after catching cholera.

Nicole

Brisbane

i'm looking for information regarding my great uncle Private Clarence Maxwell Lenehan who died as a prisoner of War.

Mike

12.03.2015

Gnr Jack Mabey , service number 1736633. Address given as Briar Cottage, Horrabridge, Yelvarton, Devon. Taken prisoner on Java 08.03.1942. Sent to Singapore 22.10.1942 on the Yoshida Maru. Sent to Moji, Japan on 30.10.1942 on the Singapore Maru, arriving 27.11.1942. Imprisoned at Hiroshima 7B Okinoyama (Ube). Pow made to work in local coal mine. An informative read can be found at this site (copy/ paste you cant click it). http://www.far-eastern-heroes.org.uk/hell_ship/html/hell_ship.htm

Denise Hawkins

Leicester

I am trying to locate Philip James LAC RAF Sungei Patani
Service No 1157267 who was captured by Japanese 17.3.42 re his military history and movements as POW

Alison

UK

I am looking to find out what happened to Eric Mitchell, a civil engineer in Penang who by May 1943 was a POW in Japan.

Mike

UK 10.03.2015

Hi Rob ( re John Kenneth Mather). I can give you a little information, but you will need to complete the jigsaw. Address shown as Halebank Bakery, Nr Widnes, Cheshire. Service number 960900. Member of the 88th Field Regiment. Sent OVL (overland) by train to the Burma/Siam Railroad on 30.10.1942 from Changi. This was named 'S' Party. I do not have any of his camp information, but some of the men who travelled on the same train went to Tonchan, Chunkai, Tamarkan and Nakon Nayak. If his camps were the same then indeed he did work at Tamarkan e.g. Bridge on the River Kwai.

edgecombe

plymouth

any information on a Gnr Jack Mabey POW Java 1942 beleived to have sent japan and worked in a coal min

Rob

Leeds

Hello,

My grandad worked on the bridge over the river Kwai and, was, I think, a gunner. He went onto live and work in Widnes. His name was John Kenneth Mather. I wonder if you have any further info. Thank you.

Ann Burke

Scotland

COFEPOW website has a llist of Japanese POW's. It's not an easy site to negotiate, but I found my fathers release papers on it, in his hand writing. My Dad was a POW with the Japanese. Captured Christmas Day 1941 at Stanley, Hong Kong. Excellent film on You Tube about the camps. Dads name was Douglas Haig Goodall. He was in Osake, Samshipu and Omori camps, plus one other.

Christopher Harris

Bozeman, Montana USA

I'm looking for information on
Kenneth Hodgkinson from Nottingham.
He served in the Royal Corps of Signals
I believe he was captured by the Japanese
upon the Fall of Singapore was was a POW
in Osaka.

Mike

UK 03.03.2015

Hi Jane (re Thomas Powell). Address given as 3, Cross Row, Chester Road, Flint, N.Wales. Your father was a member of the 85th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Although the regiment were in Singapore, he was actually taken prisoner In Sumatra, so must have escaped on one the last ships before Singapore fell. Documents state that he spent his entire imprisonment on Sumatra. He is also listed in a new book. If you wish to post your email, I could send much more information, and give details about the book.

Jane

North Wales ; UK

I am searching for information on my Father who was a Japanese POW.

Mike

UK 27.02.2015

HI Diane, (re Sydney Siggins). Driver with RASC attached to the 77 Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment (77 HAA), captured on Java 08.03.1942. Transported in Java Party 2 to Singapore on 22.09.42, arriving at Changi Camp on 26.09.42. Redeparted for Kuching on 09.10.42. I have no further facts beyond this, but unless you already have evidence of his death at Kuching, i would have expected him to be sent onwards to help construct the airfields at Sanderkan. With his date of death this may well mean he was then on the Death March to Ranau.

debbie

ipswich

looking for any imformation regarding pte wilfred edwin sheldrick . 2nd battallion cambs regt. he died 27.12 1944 at tamuang camp thailand.

Diane

London

Hi,
I am trying to trace any further information relating to my great uncle, Sydney (Sidney) Siggins, who I know died in Kuching on 10 February 1945 and is buried in Labuan cemetery. I know he was a driver in the Royal Army Service Corps ( Service no. T/230445), but I have no information relating to what happened to him after he was captured or how he died. Any information you may be able to help me with would be very much appreciated. Many thanks

John Fitzgerald Verhoef

Netherlands

Hi Chris Connoly, I saw your enquiry about Harry Connell, also known as Ace Connolly.
His name apears on the following website with images from captive audiences.
See

Carol Bayley

Sydney, Australia

My father Ambrose Rupert Tomlinson from London UK was a POW in Rangoon Jail 1944-1945.
He and his pilot Keith Cuddy from Winnipeg Manitoba Canada were captured by Japanese when their plane crashed in Burma in '44.
I would like to hear from anyone who has knowledge of Rangoon Jail, how it was for the POW's, how they lived, how they were treated.....any info gratefully received.
Thank you.

Jonathan Moffatt

United Kingdom

Hello, Chris
I saw your enquiry this morning about HARRY CONNOLLY. If this was Gunner Henry Connolly from Bradford Manchester I see he was a POW in Pudu Gaol, Kuala Lumpur before being sent to Thailand from KL in October 1942. I have a lot of information on the Pudu POWs. Please get in touch if of interest. If your father was in POW concerts I wonder if you've had contact with POW concert party historian Sears Eldredge?

Chris Connolly

Wilmslow, Cheshire, UK

I am looking for information regarding Harry Connolly, known as Ace Connolly. He was band leader of The Kings of Swing. I believe he was at Nong Pladuk.

Emma

Dublin

Hi, I'm looking for information on my gran uncle Peter Smyth. He was an Irishman who joined the British army in 1939. All I know is that he was taken a prisoner of war and worked on the Siam railway. He returned to England and worked in the pits, eventually he returned to Dublin where he was refused his share (

Jason Eaton

Coventry England

Thank you very much.