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787140
Warrant Officer Class 2
Norman David Ellis
1911/08/22 - Born Fulham, London
Son of George John Ellis and Ellen Elizabeth (nee Mills) Ellis
1929/10/21 - Enlisted
3rd Kings Own Hussars
‘B’ Squadron
Service
One troop of the 3rd Kings Own Hussars regiment converted to motor cavalry in 1935, with the regiment as a whole converting to the armoured car role in 1936 and being transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps in 1939.
In 1941, B Squadron of the 3rd Kings Own Hussars was sent to Singapore as reinforcements, but with the fall of Singapore, it was diverted to Java where, after a brief fight, it was ordered to surrender and the men spent the rest of the war as Prisoners of War. Fifty four members of B Squadron died as prisoners of the Japanese. The few survivors returned to the regiment in 1945 after the war ended.
Japanese PoW
1942/03/17 - Captured Java
1942/04 - Bandoeng, Java
PoW No. JI 24
Commander Lt-Col Dunlop. A.I.F.
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/11/07 - Transported France Maru from Java to Palembang, Sumatra with Java Party 19, which contained 2000 PoWs (1500 Dutch, 500 British)
1943/11/10 - Arrived Palembang, Sumatra
New PoW No. II 4104
1943/11/11 - Transported by trucks to Pangkalan Balai Camp, Sumatra with 1500 PoWs
(other 500 sent to Betoeng Camp)
Commander Lt-Col. Holmes, East Surrey Regiment
1945/05/26 - Transported ‘Sibolga’ from Palembang to Singapore, mostly PoWs from Java Party 19
1945/05/30 - Arrived Changi, Singapore
Commander Major May, Royal Artillery
1945/09/02 - Liberated
1945/09/15 - Departed Singapore R.M.S. Almanzora (Royal Mail Line), with 924 PoWs and 430 civilians
1945/10/17 - Arrived Southampton
Died
18th August 1986
Keynsham, Near Bristol
Information
Paul Bartlett
Java Index
Java Parties
Transport Home
COFEPOW Liberation Questionnaire
KEW:- WO 392/24, WO 345/16, WO 361/2002, WO 361/1946, WO 361/2219,
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