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Sergeant
Albert Victor Adcock

1916/10/06 - Born London
Son of James and Violet Adcock
Royal Corps Of Signals
5 Field Regiment
Att. Royal Artillery
11th Indian Army
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
PoW No. M 7264
Japanese Index Card - Side One

Japanese Index Card - Side Two


1942/10/25 - Transported Oversea in England Maru with ‘Z’ Party
Commander Lt-Col. E.W.F. Jephson, R.A., 5th Field H.Q.
1942/11/14 - Arrived Keelung, Taiwan
Entrained to Taihoku and marched through the streets of the city, watched by the local civilians, to the Taihoku No. 6 Camp which was about three miles Northeast. Initially the PoWs were from the 5th Field Regiment, R.A. and the 9/11th Indian Division Signals. The main work was building a memorial park and a man-made lake. 74 PoWs died at this camp.
New PoW No. VI 1008
1945/09/06 - Liberated Taiholu, Taiwan
Repatriation
USS Joseph T. Dickman
Embarkment No. 1, Camp Serial No. 6321
1945/09/25 - Departed Manilla, Philippines
1945/10/15 - Arrived San Francisco
Queen Elizabeth to Southampton
Information
Mike Adcock
Japanese Transports
http://www.powtaiwan.org/index.php
KEW:- WO 392/23, WO 345/22, WO 361/1968, WO 361/2068, WO 361/2184, WO 361/2058,
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