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Sergeant
Ernest Wringe
1912/09/21 - Born
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Posted to
Indian Army Corps Clerks
Service
1941 December - Posted Krokol
Not heard of again till:-
1942/04/01 - Captured Sumatra
Japanese PoW
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
PoW No. 10980
1942/05/09 - Member of British Sumatra Battalion under A.A. Apthorp
1942/05/15 - Transported to Mergui, Burma, British 3 Group in the England Maru, to build a runway
1942/08/12 - Transported in the Tatu Maru to Ann Hestletine Home at Tavoy, Burma
New PoW No. 17558
1942 Novemeber - Transported to Thanbyuzayat, Burma to work on the Thailand-Burma Railway
1945/09/02 - Liberated
Information
Britain at War
Far Eastern Heroes
KEW:- WO 361/2171, WO 361/2172, WO 345/57, WO 392/26, WO 361/1987, WO 361/2192
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