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Lance Corporal
Ashley George Prime
1914/11/03 - Born Calcutta, India
Son of George and Enid Prime
Occupation Driver
Married to Vera Prime
1937 - Enlisted
Royal Corps Of Signals
Singapore Fortress Signals
Southern Area
Japanese PoW
PoW No. M-1646
River Valley Camp
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/09 - Overland to Thailand
6th Train from Singapore to Thailand
1942/10/14 - Arrived Bam Pong, Thailand
PoW No. I 3553
1944 - Transported back to Singapore
1944/06/03 - Transported in Japan Party 1 to Japan
Ships in Convoy were Hozan Maru - Hiyoki Maru - Kokusei Maru - Miyo Maru
1944/06/11 - Arrived Philippines
Miyo Maru was damaged on the way from Philippines to Taiwan and PoWs transferred to Tamahoko Maru at Taiwan, which was sunk off Nagasaki
1944/06/19 - Arrived Takao, Taiwan
1944/06/24 - Arrived Kobe, Island of Kyoto, Japan, train to Osaka
1944/06/25 - Osaka PoW Camp, 16 Branch Camp
300 British POWs arrived from Thai-Burma Railway
New PoW No. I 44005
Worked for Ishihara Industry Company
1945/04/06 - Name change to Nagoya 4B - Iruka
1945/09/09 - Liberated from Nagoya 4B - Iruka POW Camp, age 31
Died
1983
His full story is based on letters to his son at:-
http://www.far-eastern-heroes.org.uk/Ashley_George_Prime
Information
Ashley Prime - Son of Ashley
Japanese Transport
Thailand-Burma Railway
Japanese Homeland Camps
KEW:- WO 392/25, WO 345/42, WO 361/2005, WO 361/1985, WO 361/2063, WO 361/1367, WO 361/2166, WO 361/2190,
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