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7633175
Private
William Edwin Westwood
1916/01/16 - Born Yorkshire
Occupation Driver
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
18th Division Workshop
Japanese PoW
Japanese Index Card - Side One
PoW No. 2541
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/03/20 - Transported overland to Thailand with ‘D’ Force
New PoW No. 45366
1945/02/02 - Transported via Singapore by sea in Haruyasa Maru to Saigon, French Indo-China (Vietnam) with Group 10, commanded by Major Seekings and Captain Spooner with 218 other English POWs.
Camp 10 was situated on the Rue Catinat, which was a main thoroughfare between the native quarter and the French quarter. The huts were of timber construction except for the hospital which was of bamboo structure with an attapi roof. All the huts had electric light.
1945/09/12 - Liberated and flown to Rangoon
Information
KEW:- WO 361/2165, WO 361/2070, WO 367/3, WO 361/2181, WO 392/26, WO 361/2005, WO 361/2065, WO 345/55,
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