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2090356
Corporal
Sidney Edward Clarke
Known as Eddy
1915/12/26 - Born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Son of Sydney and Margaret Clarke
Occupation Bricklayer
1935 - Married Ethel Missin
1938/05 - Enlisted
Royal Engineers
287 Field Company
18th Division
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore and became Japanese PoW
PoW No. I 1987
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese index Card - Side Two
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Date
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Camp
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Commander
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1942/02/15
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Changi, Singapore
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1943/04/27
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Overland to Thailand, ‘F’ Force
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Sonkurai, Thailand
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Col. Dillon
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New PoW No. 2995
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1943/10/20
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Returned to Singapore
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1943/12
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Sime Road, Singapore
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Col. Newey
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1944/04
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Changi Gaol, Singapore
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Col. Holmes
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1945/09/02 - Liberated Changi
Post War
1972 - Married Irene Dack
Eddy was a builder and continued his occupation after the war ( he built several bungalows in Back Road Gorefield).
He could not live with the memories of what he had endured and took his own life.
Died
1977
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Information
Peter Thatcher
KEW:- WO 367/2, WO 345/10, WO 361/1946, WO 392/23, WO 361/2058, WO 361/2201, WO 361/2025, WO 361/2191, WO 361/2070, WO 361/2229
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