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Private
Arthur Nelson Bowen
1921/04/20 - Born Lancaster
1939/05/01 - Enlisted
Royal Norfolk Regiment
5th Battalion
Service
1941/10/30 - Sailed ‘Duchess of Athol’ from Liverpool in convoy CT.5 to Halifax
1941/11/08 - Transferred to USS Mount Vernon
1941/11/10 - Sailed in Convoy William Sail 12X from Halifax to South Africa
1941/12/08 - Japan attacked Malaya
1941/12/30 - Mount Vernon left Kenya for Singapore in the DM1 Convoy.
1942/01/13 - Arrived Singapore and marched to Woodlands Camp near Naval Base
1942/01/16 - 5th Norfolk Regiment were attached to 11th Indian Division and transported to the Ayer Hitam area in Malaya
1942/01/25 - Retreat to Singapore
1942/02/15 - Captured
Japanese PoW
PoW Number 713
PoW at Changi
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
New PoW Number 2184
Post War
Photo by Richard Brown
Arthur at the NFFWRA (National FEPOW Fellowship Welfare Remembrance Association) reunion in Lytham St.Annes in April 2013.
Photo by Richard Brown
Arthur is in the wheelchair.
Died
2015/06/05
Obituary
Lancaster Guardian on 5th June 2015
BOWEN Peacefully in Hospital on Tuesday 19th May 2015 surrounded by his family. Arthur Nelson aged 94 years much loved husband of the late Kathleen Bowen, a much loved father of Michael, Susan, Christine and the late Geoffrey and a beloved grandfather and great grandfather. The funeral Service took place at Lancaster Priory on Wednesday 10th June at 11.30am followed by committal at Lancaster and Morecambe Crematorium at 12.30pm.
Information
KEW:- WO 392/23, WO 345/6, WO 361/1946, WO 367/2, WO 361/2176, WO 361/2025, WO 361/2229
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