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5833097

Private

Radford, Stephen Henry

Date Born:-

1917/07/01

Home Town:-

St. Ives, Hunts

Parents:-

Richard Chapman and Minnie F. Radford

Next of Kin:-

Mrs. M. Radford. Boyton Hall Cottages, Haverhill.

Occupation:-

Textile Factory Assistant Manager

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 Camp 4

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 60.

Cemetery:-

SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

Notes

1942/11/02 transported overland to Thailand, New PoW No. II 4775. Being transported from 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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