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38255
Lieutenant
Dr Chee Juay Poh MBE
Known as Cheong
Born 1906/01/12, Singapore
He was the son of Merchant Cheong Choon Beng
He was adopted by his uncle Poh Cheng Tee and took the Poh surname.
1924-1929 - Studied Medicine at Edinburgh University
Then post graduate work at Liverpool University and Dublin.
Married Jemima Frances Williamson
1930 - He then returned to practice in Singapore, with Scottish wife Mima.
Was a GP at Queen's Dispensary, Geylang Rd, Singapore.
1933 - Blessed with daughter Frances
1940, July - Enlisted
Next of Kin - Wife, Mrs Poh, c/o Chartered Bank, Calcutta, India
Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Ambulance
No. 2 Volunteer Field Ambulance
Service
Joined SVC 1940.
1940 - Lieutenant to Captain 8225 Singapore Volunteer Field Ambulance.
He was later made a Captain.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 Captured Singapore
Changi Camp
M.O. Roberts Hospital Medical Practitioner
PoW No. M-7958
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Sode Two
1942/11/06 - Transported overland to Thailand with ‘L’ Letter Party, train 13
Group 1
New PoW No. 13870
Dr. Poh Chee Joey had the distinction of being the only Chinese Qualified Medical Officer to have served on the Thailand-Burma Railway.
His Hospitals in Thailand included:-
Kanchanaburi Base Hospital
Nakhon Pathom Hospital
Tha Muan
Nakhon Nayok.
New PoW No. 1258
1945/08/30 - Liberated Thailand
Liberation Questionnaire
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Post War
Returned to Queen's Dispensary post war.
He was very active in the community in post war Singapore:-
1947 Municipal Commissioner
1947 - YMCA Committee
1948 - Awarded the MBE for his work as a PoW Doctor, at Changi and the Thailand/Burma Railway
1949 - Justice of the Peace
1949 - President of the ‘Y’ Mens Club (supporting the YMCA)
1950 - Member Leprosy Board
Died
Age 77
January 8th, 1984
Cause of death Pneumonia
Sutton, Greater London, England
Believed to be buried Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland, UK
Information
Andrew Snow - Thailand Burma Railway Centre
Jonathan Moffatt - Background and Service Information
Thailand-Burma Railway
Liberation Questionnaire
KEW Files:- WO 345/41, WO 392/25, WO 361/1954, WO 361/2196,
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