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Private

Barnes, Ernest Harold

 

 

Date Born:-

1918/07/25

 

Home Town:-

Southtown, Great Yarmouth

 

Parents:-

William & Queenie Barnes

 

Next of Kin:-

Mrs O Barnes, 67, Beccles Rd, Southtown, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Occupation:-

Farmer

 

 

Service

Enlisted:-

 

 

Regiment:-

Royal Norfolk Regiment

 

Unit:-

4th Battalion

 

 

 

Conflict:-

Far East - World War 2

 

Place of Capture:-

Singapore, 1942/02/15

 

 

 

Japanese Index Card Information

Card Camp:-

Thailand or 4D Camp

 

Card Country:-

Thailand

 

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Side Two:-

 

 

 

Died

Age:-

26

 

Date of Death:-

1944/09/12

 

Place of Death:-

Kachidoki Maru

 

Cause of Death:-

Ship sunk

 

Memorial:-

Column 49.

 

Cemetery:-

SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

 

 

Notes

Transported to Thailand 1942/10/21. Transported to Japan in Kachidoki Maru ship 1944/09/04, sunk off Hainon Island 1944/09/12.

 

 

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Pacific Star

War Medal

1939-1945 Star

 

 

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