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Sapper
Harold Gooch
Known as ‘Harry’
1918/11/19 - Born Lowestoft
Son of Ewart William and Lilian Maud Gooch
Occupation Lorry Driver
Royal Engineers
560 Field Company.
18th Division R.E.
Japanese POW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
PoW No. 5846
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/11/03 - Transported overland to Thailand in Letter Party ‘O’
Under Lt-Col. F.I.N McOstrich, RCOS, 18th Div.
Died very soon after reaching Thailand
Died
Age 24
24th November 1942
Loved Ones
Son of Ewart William and Lily Maud Gooch, of Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Memorial
8. K. 10.
Chungkai War Cemetery
Information
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
KEW:- WO 345/20, WO 361/2060, WO 361/2069, WO 361/2191
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