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T/2577762
Private
George William Morris
1921/06/02 - Born Everton, Liverpool
Son of George William and Elizabeth Sarah Morris of 44 Stonefield Road, Liverpool
Occupation Joiner
1939/03/22 - Enlisted
Royal Army Service Corps
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
Changi Camp
PoW No. M-6944
1942/05 - Haverlock Road Camp
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/28 - Transported to Taiwan with 900 British PoWs in England Maru
1942/11/14 - Arrived Keelung, Taiwan
New PoW No. I 2832
Camps:-
1942/11 - Heito - Taiwan POW Camp 3
Commander Major Moffat
Work at Camp was clearing a dried up river of rocks ready to plant sugar cane. Malaria was very common at the camp as a nearby swamp housed swarms of mosquitoes.
1943/09 - Kinkaseki - Taiwan POW Camp 1
Commander Major Crossly, RA
Camp was opened in November 1942 with PoWs from the England Maru. Work involved working in copper mines which caused many deaths. This camp closed March 1945 and the PoW moved to Taikoku and relocated from there to other camps.
1945/03 - Taihoku - Taiwan POW Camp 6
Commander Captain Gibons, RASC
This camp was a transit camp from and to Kinkaseki
1945/05 - Kukutsu (Jungle Camp) - Taiwan POW Camp 1A
Commander Major Crossly, RA
After Japan surrendered the PoWs sent to Taipei and then to an evacuation camp called Churon.
1945/08/28 - Americans dropped food supplies from B-29's, killing three PoWs with many injured.
1945/09/07 - Liberated Churen, Taiwan
Information
Mike Heather
Never Forgotten
KEW:- WO 392/25, WO 345/37, WO 361/1968, WO 361/2172, WO 361/1475/2, WO 361/2067, WO 361/1475,
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