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Mike

UK 24.08.2013

Laura, ...... Private Haslam, army number 4805261, joined the 5th Btl Suffolk Regiment. .. Home 1, Atholl Terrace, Egypt Road, Basford, Notts. ....Taken prisoner Singapore, shownn as being sent to the Burma end of the Death Railroad on 27.04.1943. .... Died on 30.05.1943....... buried in grave B4.M.11 at THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY in Burma

Laura B

Nottinghamshire

Hi Does anyone know anything about a Private Frank Haslam? (query made a corporal on his way to Singapore) We understood he died while working on the Burma Railway. He was born in 1918. He was from Nottingham- family has tried for years to find out what happened but with no luck. Thanks

Mike

UK 23.08.2013

Jimmy, if I have the right D. McCallum, he was a gunner and not a signalman. Also his regiment was never in Burma, it must have been Malaya. Email was sent but no reply.

Mike

jimmy thomas

canada

My Grandfather Donald Mccallum was a radio man and told me a story of being captured by the japanese in burma he and fellow soldiers planned an escape were they took japanese soldiers life with a knife and successfully escaped and hide in rice fields for weeks were they were taking care of by burmese villagers does any one heard of this
story or maybe you knew my grandad.

Melanie

London

Hi,
I'm looking for some information really. My grandfather was a pow and worked on the burma railway. From the little information my mother has it seems he was in hospital in singapore when it fell... He never spoke of any of this and my grandmother has since passed away

I wondered if anyone has any information on Eric Seller? If so please get in contact with me.

thanks
Melanie

Gill

UK

What a heart wrenching account.

Mike

UK 11.08.2013

Steve,
(re 2 posts below),

I sent you an email but no reply. If you cannot contact a family memeber, would these documents be suitable for display in the 155th Lanarkshire Yeomany Museum ? Are you aware that his diaries have already been auctioned off in USA ?
http://www.cowanauctions.com/auctions/item.aspx?ItemId=112638

Philippa Deane

London

My dad Barry Deane was captured inn HK and sent to Japan dockyards. His wife Win was in Stanley HK.
They survived and died in 1998 in Brighton. Any knowledge of them?

Steve

West Country

Have letters from James William Hugo. POW

Christine banks

Chorley lancs

My dad was a prisoner of war for 3&half yrs. And there is a diary and letters
I wondered if there is anything that can be done with it.

Mike

UK

Hi Bryn,

I can only confirm for you that 7 men called Alfred Wood died in WW11, but NONE of them died in the Far East. There graves are in ARNHEM , DUNKIRK, ACROMA, JONKERBOS, (Holland),ANZIO, DOVER, and NICOSIA. Therefore you must be looking for someone with another name.


Mike

Bryn Jones

Sunderland, United Kingdom

I recall a conversation with my late grandmother regarding her brother who died as a POW in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. I believe this was outside of Japan but this conversation was over 40 years ago and my grandmother sadly is long gone. From doing family history only one of her brothers could have been involved and that would have been Alfred Wood dob approx 1906. I recall a take of Beri Beri and also Elephantitis, however, the two diseases appear to contradict each other. Of course I have have been mistaken with the relationship to my grandmother and she may have spoken of a cousin. I recall finding some sort of medal in the shape of a cross in one of the drawers back in the early 70s but no one was willing to discuss and it was put back. This medal disappeared and may have gone with other possessions during a house clearance. Should there be a resource relating to Alfred Wood or another male called Wood from the Sunderland area I would be grateful of any pointers. Cheers - Bryn

David McMillan

Victoria

A wonderful website and resource.

Mike

England

Over the past month I have emailed 3 people who have posted on this forum requesting information. NOT ONE OF THEM HAVE REPLIED. I cant imagine its just bad manners, but imagine the email has gone into their "Junk" folder, and they have not checked it properly. Its quite sad that there are folk who desperately want information regarding their grandfathers etc, I have information for them, yet they are none the wiser.
PLEASE, PLEASE, CHECK YOUR "JUNK" FOLDERS", remember that many have email set-up to only put into your Inbox from contacts you know. Therefore any email from someone trying to answer your requests will automatically go into your JUNK/SPAM folder.

Can I also request that folk should always list the regiment if they know it, as most files are by regiment. If you just list a name only, it is virtually impossible to find, but list a regiment and the odds of it being found are considerably better.


Mike

Kay Walters

Sydney NSW

Does anyone remember my father Cliff Haist he was a Japanese POW during ww2. He belonged to the 2/12th Field Ambulance attached to 8th Division. Army number NX 30261. According to naa records he enlisted at Paddington NSW in May 1940, departed Darwin January 1942 for Timor, missing believed POW April 1942, departed Singapore and returned to Sydney November 1945.
Dad died in 1974 he did no talk about being a POW and it has taken me some time before I was able to do anything about his history of being a POW>
If anyone has any information I would appreciate it. I also have some photos taken while he was in
camps in Cowra and Katherine and unsure what to do with these.

Kevin Tinley

WAPA

Very interesting, I was curious about the site as my family has a link as my Father was a recipient of the Burma Star (As were many others).

Gerard Baron

Adelaide, South Australia

I am wondering if anyone may possess any information
regarding my uncle, Leo Wallis, Bombardier RA who perished

Angela Green

Isle of Wight UK

Wow how the site has grown.

Adam Sands

Perth

I just watched your interview with my Great Uncle Alf Worth.
Such a moving interview that I shared with mu kids (Alf's Great great Nephews)
Well done and thank you.

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ankara

Thank you

John Gilbert

Peterborough

Does anybody remember my dad George Gilbert from Sparrow Corps
79th battery

Sandra Brett

Brisbane Australia

i would like any info on my father George Davis Gunner

John olooney

Uk

Hi there, my grandfather was in the British east Surrey regiment and was captured on Singapore

Brian Harrison

Kent,UK.

My late father Bill Harrison of the E Surrrey regiment
spent 4 years in Singapore as a P.O.W, and forced labour
building that now famous bridge over the river Kwai. I can still remember tales
he would tell me some funny some very sad.

Wayne Goodman

Jervis Bay

I would like to make a correction to a previous comment where I have said my Uncle - Michael James Pickett (M.I.D.) was in the 2/20th battalion and not the 2/10 battalion. A good number of the 2/20th battalion was captured and imprisoned in Changi.