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Private

Blake, Richard Albert

 

Date Born:-

1914/01/20

 

Home Town:-

Thetford, Norfolk

 

Parents:-

Richard and Laura Blake

 

Next of Kin:-

(Wife) Mrs. R. Blake, 6 Castle Row, Thetford, Norfolk

 

Occupation:-

Unknown

 

 

 

Service

Enlisted:-

1940/06/24

 

Regiment:-

Royal Norfolk Regiment

 

Unit:-

5th Battalion

 

Conflict:-

Far East - World War 2

 

Place of Capture:-

Singapore - 1942/02/15

 

 

 

Japanese Index Card Information

Card Camp:-

Malaya PoW camp

 

Card Country:-

Malaya

 

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Notes

1942/02/15, Changi, Singapore - 1942/03/13, Varra Park Camp - 1942/08/15, Sangoon Road - 1942/12/26, Changi, Singapore. 1945 X10 work party digging Funk Holes.

 

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1939-1945 Star

 

 

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