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Sergeant
Eric William Davies
1917/05/12 Born Shrewsberry, Shropshire
Son of Edward and Harriet Davies
1936/05/05 - Enlisted
Royal Corps of Signals
22 Mountain Regiment
11th Indian Division
Service
1942/05/05 - WO 417/42, Casualty List No. 815. Reported ‘Missing’.
1943/05/14 - WO417/60, Casualty List No. 1134. Previously posted Missing, 15/02/1942, Casualty List No. 815. Now a ‘Prisoner of War’.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Catured Singapore
Changi - Camp Leader General Percival
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/05/15 - Transported oversea in Wales Maru to Moji, Japan.
Japan Camps:-
1943, June - Hakodate - Camp Leader Maj. Steward
1943, June - Yakuma - Camp Leader Maj. Steward
1943, October - Muroran - Camp Leader Maj. Steward
1945, June - Nisi Asi Betu - Camp Leader Maj. Murray
1945/09/11 - Liberated
Liberation Questionnaire written by Eric
Repatriation
USS Joseph Dyckman
1945/09/23 - USS Joseph Dyckman Evacuation from Manila, Philippines to America.
1945/10/16 - Arriving San Francisco, USA.
British then entrained to the East Coast.
Shipped from Halifax, Canada on Queen Elizabeth to Southampton.
1945/11/05 - Arrived Southampton.
1945/10/17 - WO417/98, Casualty List No. 1886. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 1134 as reported Prisoner of War now Not Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Malaya.
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Defence Medal
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Far East Medals
Information
KEW Files:- WO 361/1969, WO 361/2189, WO 345/14, WO 362/23,
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