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7633234
Private
William Austin Moses
Known as Bill
1914/07/21 - Born Pontypridd, Glamorgan
Son of Thomas and Mary Moses
1940/06/13 - Enlisted
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
18th Divisional Workshops
Service
Left Bombay in Empress of Asia for Singapore.
1942/02/05 - Just before reaching Singapore the ship was under attack by Japanese planes and suffered casualties and severe damage.
Bill was a driver to Major Outwin of the REME.
1942/02/14 - Singapore surrendered to the Japanese
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index card - Side two
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Date
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Camp
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Commander
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1942/02/15
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Changi, Singapore
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Major Beckworth-Smith
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1942/05/09
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Thompson Road, Singapore
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Major Lonoden. R.A.O.C.
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1942/12
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Saragoon Road, Singapore
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1943/03/20
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Transported overland to Thailand
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Lt-Col. G. G. Carpenter
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In ‘D’ Force, train 34
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Lt-Col. McEachern
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New PoW No. 3083
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1943/03/27
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Arrived Thailand
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1943/06
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Kan’buri, Thailand
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Capt. Rennock
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1943/06/06
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Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Sub Con. Wild, R.A.O.C.
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New PoW No. 11725
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1944/10/28
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PoW Escape at Chiang Mai:-
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F.A.H. Bellringer, T/118234, Corporal, RASC, 198 Fld. Amb. - Shot 1944/11/16, Buried Chungkai
J.E. Soulby, 3599887, Sergeant, REME - Shot 1944/11/16, Buried Chungkai
C.S. Ponton, 3597112, Sergeant, Border Regiment, 2nd Bat. - Shot 1944/11/27, Buried Chunkai
A. Rennie, 2979984, Corporal, Argyll & Sutherland Hlds - Shot 1944/11/27, Buried Chungkai
T.B. Bingham, 3597187, WO1, RIAOC, Shot in arm but survived.
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Date
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Camp
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Commander
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Lampang, Thailand
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Sub Con. Wild, R.A.O.C.
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1945/08/08
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Takuri, Thailand
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RSM Smith
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1945/08/30 - Liberated Takura (Takhli), Thailand
1945/10/02 - Repatriated S.S. Chitral from Rangoon
Sailed via Columbo, Suez Canal and Mediterranean
1945/10/28 - Berthed at Southampton
Died
19th January 1965
Information
Tim Moses
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
KEW:- WO 361/2172, WO 392/25, WO 345/37, WO 361/1955, WO 361/2196, WO 361/2062, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2181, WO 367/3, WO 361/2070,
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