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Private
Joseph Kenneth Farlam
1920/12/29 - Born Buxton, Derbyshire
Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ann Farlam
Occupation Chemist
1939/07/17 - Enlisted
The Sherwood Foresters
1/5th Regiment
18th Division
Service
1941/10/30 - Sailed in ‘Orcades’ with Convoy CT.5 from Liverpool with the 18th Division
1941/11/08 - Arrived Halifax and transferred to USS West Point with 55th Infantry Brigade, consisting of 1st Cambridgeshires and 5th Beds and Herts (3250 troops).
1941/11/10 - They sailed from Halifax in Convoy William Sail 12X. Sailing via Trinidad and Cape Town.
1941/12/08 - Japan entered the war by attacking Pearl Harbour and Malaya.
1941/12/25 - Mount Vernon left convoy with the 53rd Infantry Brigade, sailing for Singapore in convoy DM1
1941/12/27 - Arrived Bombay, now became Task Force 14.2
1942/01/02 - Sailed from India destination Singapore in Task Force 14.2
1942/01/29 - Arrived Keppel Harbour Singapore
1942/02/15 - Singapore Surrendered to the Japanese
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Became a PoW
PoW No. 609
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
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1942/02/15
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Changi
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Col. Lilley
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1942/11/01
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Transported to Thailand,
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Lt-Col. D.R. Thomas
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Letter Party ‘Q’, 24th Train from Singapore, 650 PoWs, Group 4.
Arrived in Ban Pong and were marched to Tha Sao via Lat Ya and Tha Dan, arriving November 11th.
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1942/11/10
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Thailand-Burma Railway
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Col. Knight
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At Tha Sao they were formed into IJA 'L' (6) Bn and worked clearing the jungle between the hills North Wang Pho and Tha Sao (source Ken Porters book 'Once I build a Railroad'), although some worked only on the service road (Source Phillip Meminsky IWM).
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1944/07/04
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Transported from Singapore to Japan
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Capt. D.H. Thornton
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He is listed on the roster as 5088. Sailed to Japan in the Hakushika Maru. This was a Group 4 party of 253 that sailed with Captain Thornton.
Japan Party 2 consisted of - Asaka Maru, Hakushika Maru, Hofuku Maru, Rashin Maru and Sekiho Maru.
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1944/07/16
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Arrived Manila, Philippines
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1944/07/23
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Sailed to Taiwan
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1944/08/09
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Convoy attacked by the submarine ‘Barbel’ although some escorts were sunk, the Hakushika Maru carried on to Japan.
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1944/08/10
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Arrived Kagoshima near Nagasaki, Japan
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1944/08/13
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Arrived Tokyo 4-D Camp
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1945/04/14
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Renamed Sendai 1B Camp - Yumoto (Iwaki)
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1945/09/09 - Liberated Sendai 1B
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Keith Andrews
Martyn Fryer
Convoy William Sail 12X
Sendai IB
KEW:- WO 361/1970, WO 345/17, WO 361/2169, WO 361/1987, WO 361/1558, WO 392/24,
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