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MacDonald, Giffard Douglas
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Federated Malay States Volunteer Force
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C Company, Kedah Volunteer Force
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Far East - Prisoner of the Japanese
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Source:
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Supplied by Jonathan Moffatt
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Escape:
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1942/08/14-15 Attempted Escape from Pudu
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Age:
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Date of Death:
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Cause of Death:
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Executed by Japanese September 1942
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Place of Death:
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Loved Ones
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Husband of A.F.T. Macdonald, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia.
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Memorial
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The Memorial stands in Kranji War Cemetery. Kranji War Cemetery is 22 kilometres north of the city of Singapore, on the north side of Singapore Island overlooking the Straits of Johore.
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Australian rubber planter in Malacca then Manager, Choong Meng Estate, Serdang, Kedah Graduate of Duntroon Military College. Wife evacuated to Australia. His last letter to his wife, written while on the run, is in Pat Garden’s papers at the IWM.
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