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4860057
Private
Ronald Taylor
1919/04/03 - Born Earlshilton, Leicestershire
1938 - Enlisted
Leicestershire Regiment
1st Battalion
Service
1941 - With 1st Battalion in Malaya
1941/12/10 - Japanese invade Malaya and make contact with 1st Battalion at Jitra
1941/12/13 - Chaotic retreat from Jitra. Many men reach the coast and find boats to take them to Penang
1941/12/16 - Japanese take control of Penang
1941/12/20 - Pte R Taylor is captured on Penang island
Japanese PoW
PoW No. 24851
1942/02 - Transferred to Taiping gaol
1942/07 - Transferred to Pudu gaol, Kuala Lumpur
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
New PoW No. 15639
1942/10/14 - Transferred by rail to Thailand to work on the Burma Thai railway. He was allocated to Construction Gp I. The only railway camp he lists on his liberation questionnaire is Non-Pladuck at the southern end of the line. It is likely that he spent all of this period at this camp.
1945 - Transferred to Ubon where the POWs laboured on the construction of an airstrip.
1945/08/15 - Japanese surrender and POWs liberated
1945/08/30 - Officially handed over to allied forces and repatriated via Bangkok and Rangoon
1945/Oct or Nov - Arrived in UK (Liverpool or Southampton).
1945/12/29 - Released from army service
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Steve Taylor supplied dates and movements of his father.
KEW:- WO 361/2172, WO 361/1955, WO 361/2196,
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