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5955636
Private
George Edward Lewis
1915/12/09 - Born Letchworth
Occupation - Corster Cutter
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
5th Battalion
Service
18th Division
55 Infantry Brigade
1941/10/30 - Sailed in the Orcades with CT.5 Convoy to Halifax
1941/11/08 - Reached Halifax and transferred to USS West Point, Sailed in Convoy William Sail 12X destination believed to be Middle East
1941/12/08 - Japan invaded Malaya, destination after training in India, Singapore in Convoy 14.2
1942/01/30 - Arrive Keppel Harbour, Singapore
1942/02/15 - Captured after Singapore surrender
Japanese PoW
PoW No. 2214
PoW Index Card - Side One
PoW Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/21 - Transported overland to Thailand in Letter Parties
New PoW No. 10268
Worked on the Thailand-Burma Railway
1945/09/02 - Liberated
Died
4th October 2000
Information
FEPOW Community - www.fepow-community.org.uk
Kew:- WO 361/2172, WO 392/25, WO 345/22, WO 361/1955, WO 361/2196, WO 361/2167, WO 361/2177,
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