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Electrical Engineer
Alexander Robert Cameron

1898 - Born Scotland
Alexander married Jean Cameron
They were blessed with a son Evan David Cameron
1935/08/14 - Alexander and family departed Southampton, England in the ‘Jutlandia’ for Singapore.
Alexander worked for the ‘Singapore Traction Company’
Japanese Internee
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
Changi Prison
Camp No. 712
Some Internees were moved to Kranji (Sime Road) Camps in May 1944.
Repatriation
1945/11/24 - Arrived at Southampton from Malaya in the ‘Ranchi’.
Post War
Alexander survived the war was repatriated to Scotland
1946/05/11 - Alexander returned to Singapore in the ‘Sumaria’ as an engineer to return to the Singapore Traction Company.
Alexander retired in the early 1960s.
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