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112639
Captain
John Diver
M.B. (Bachelor of Medicine)
1911/12/22 - Born Cricklewood, Middlesex
Son of Oswald Francis and Ada (nee Noverre) Diver
Brother to Mary
Occupation Doctor
Next of Kin - Parents: Oswald Francis and Ada Diver, of Golders Green, Middlesex. B.A., M.B., B.Chir. (Cantab.).
Royal Army Medial Corps
attd. 35 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
Service
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London Gazette - Supplement 354
Royal Army Medical Corps, to be Lieutenants
1939/12/14 - John Diver MB (112639)
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1942/04/15 - WO417/002, Casualty List No. 798. Reported ‘Missing’.
1942/12/22 - WO417/004, Casualty List No. 1013. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 798 as reported Missing, 15/02/1942. Now reported a ‘Prisoner of War’.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
M.O. Roberts Hospital
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/05/13 - From Sime Road transported overland to Thailand with ‘H’ Force, train 5
Commander Lt-Col. R.R. Humphries, 77 H.A.A. Regiment, RA
New PoW No. III 5410
Work Area Tonchan South
1944 - Back to Changi, Singapore
1945/05/24 - Hospitalised with Beri Beri and Bronchial Pneumonia
Died
Age 33
29th May 1945
Place of death Changi Hospital
First buried New Changi Cemetery
His bidy was re-interned at Krangi War Cemetery
Loved Ones
Son of Oswald Francis and Ada Diver, of Golders Green, Middlesex. B.A., M.B., B.Chir. (Cantab.).
Memorial
16. D. 16.
Kranji War Cemetery
Singapore
HONOUR A PHYSICIAN. . . FOR VERILY THE LORD HATH CREATED HIM. ECCLUS, 38.I
Awards
Mentioned in Dispatches
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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
Andrew Snow - Thailand Burma Railway Centre
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
KEW Files:- WO 361/2180, WO 345/15, WO392/23, WO 361/1946, WO417/9, WO 392/23,
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