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1896370
Sapper
Alexander Smith Ness
1910/08/24 - Born Dundee
Son of William and Mary Ness
1940/01/16 - Enlisted
Royal Engineers
560 Field Company
18th Division
Service
1941/10/30 - Left Liverpool for Halifax in Convoy CT.5.
1941/11/08 - At Halifax transferred to American liners
1941/11/10 - Left Halifax with Convoy William Sail 12X, destination unknown, believed to be Middle East.
Above Photo of Convoy William Sail 12X supplied by the late Maurice Rooney
Vought SB 2U Vindicator Scout Bomber - USS Ranger which was flying an Anti Submarine patrol over the convoy.
Front Line Top to Bottom:-
USS West Point - USS Mount Vernon - USS Wakefield - USS Quincy (Heavy Cruiser)
Back Row Top To Bottom:-
USAT Leonard Wood - USS Vincennes (Heavy Cruiser) - USS Joseph T Dickman
(USS Orizaba Ap-24 also sailed with Convoy though not pictured in photo)
1941/12/08 - Japan entered war by bombing Pearl Harbour and invading Malaya
18th Division diverted from Middle East and sent to Singapore
1942/02/15 - Singapore surrendered to Japanese
1942/04/09 - WO 417/41, Casualty List No. 793. Missing.
1943/09/20 - WO 417/66, Casualty List No 1243. Previously posted on Casualty List No 793 as Missing now reported Prisoner of War.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
1942/02/17 - Chamgi, Singapore
PoW No. M-5641
1943/03/15 - River Valley, Singapore
1942/12/24 - Changi, Singapore
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/03/23 - Transported overland with ‘D’ Force to Thailand
57th Train from Singapore to Thailand
Commander Lt-Col. G.G. Carpenter, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
1943/03/27 - Arrived Ban Pong, Thailand
New PoW No. IV 15297
Camps:-
Non Pladuk
1944/08/24 - Tha Muang
1945/02/20 - Nakam Nai
New PoW No. 11934
1945/08/30 - Liberated Thailand
1945/11/08 - WO417/99, Casualty List No. 1905. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 1243 as reported Prisoner of War now Not Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Malaya.
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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 Ness - Grandson
Convoy William Sail 12X
Japanese Transports
Thailand Burma Railway
Liberation Questionnaire - COFEPOW
KEW Files:- WO 361/2170, WO 361/2172, WO 392/25, WO 345/38, WO 361/1955, WO 361/2196, WO 361/2166, WO 361/2166, WO 361/2191, WO 361/2070,
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