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5831149

Private

Buttle, Clifford William

Date Born:-

1916/08/14

Home Town:-

Haverhill, Suffolk

Parents:-

William and Beatrice Laura Buttle

Next of Kin:-

Mr. W. Buttle, Haverhill, Suffolk.

Occupation:-

Clerk

Service

Enlisted:-

Regiment:-

Cambridgeshire Regiment

Unit:-

2nd Battalion

Conflict:-

Far East - World War 2

Place of Capture:-

1942/02/15 - Singapore

Japanese Index Card Information

Card Camp:-

Thailand

Card Country:-

Thailand or 4D Camp

Side One:-

Side Two:-

Died

Age:-

Date of Death:-

1944/09/21

Place of Death:-

At sea, North of Corregidor, Philippines.

Cause of Death:-

Hufuku Maru sunk by American carrier planes

Memorial:-

Column 58.

Cemetery:-

SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

Notes

1942/10/22 transported overland in 14th Train from Singapore to Thailand. Back to Singapore. Oversea, Singapore to Japan in Hufuku Maru with convoy SHIMI-05. 1944/09/21, ship sunk by American carrier planes on leaving Manilla. 1,047 PoWs died in sinking.


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