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Private
Roy Eric Sparks
Born 1921/10/07
South West London
Avondale Square off of the Old Kent Road
Suffolk Regiment
5th Battalion
Service
1941/10/30 - Transported in Convoy CT.5 to Halifax in Reina Del Pacifico.
1941/11/08 - Transferred to USS Wakefield destination believed Middle East
1941/12/08 - Japanese invade Malaya.
1941/12/27 1600hrs - USS Wakefield arrives Bombay
1942/01/19 - USS Wakefield sails in Task Force 14.2 from India
1942/01/30 - Reached Singapore
1942/02/15 - Singapore surrenders to Japanese
Japanese POW
PoW at Changi
PoW No. 7146
1942/10/31 - Transported overland in Train 57 to Thaliand, Letter Party ‘R’
New PoW No. 15010
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
Died
11th January 1944
Age 22
Loved Ones
Leaving a widow Irene and son Eric
Brother to Madeline Eileen Baird (nee Sparks).
Memorial
3. F. 14.
Chungkai War Cemetery
Information
CWGC
FEPOW Community - www.fepow-community.org.uk
KEW - WO 361/1529, WO 361/2172, WO 361/2053, WO 392/26, WO 345/48, WO 361/1955, WO 361/2069, WO 361/1623
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