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[FEPOW Family] [Roll of Honour] [Sumatra Railway] [A]

Sumatra Railway

 

1069946

 

Leading Aircraftman

Alston, John

Born:-

3 November 1914 in Motherwell

 

Nationality:-

British

 

 

Royal Air Force

HQ Singapore

 

 

Captured:-

1942/03/08, Java

 

 

Died

Death:-

1945/07/19

 

Age:-

30

 

Cemetery:-

Camp 2, 500M east of 4KM point from Pekanbaru, Sumatra

 

Grave Number:-

311

 

 

 

Loved Ones:-

Son of John William and Annie Alston, of Rothesay, Buteshire

 

 

Memorial:-

Jakarta War Cemetery

 

Plaque:-

2. F. 18.

 

 

 

Notes:-

On Pakanbaru PoW Roll 1945/08/15. Liberation date given as 1945/10/15 on Japanese Index Card.

 

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