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5953208
Private
Arthur Edward Chambers
1916/10/07 - Born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Son of Annie Chambers
Occupation Boiler Cleaner
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
5th Battalion
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured
Singapore - Changi, Sime Road
PoW No. II 2020
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/21 - Overland to Thailand, Letter Party
Group 2 - Bukit Timah Party
Commander Major Dobbs No. 1 Railway Battalion
New PoW No. II 4305
Thailand - Chungkai, Wang Takhian Ban Khoa, North Wang Pho, Lower Tha khanun (203 Kilo Camp)
Died
1943/06/14
Cause of death Dysentery and Beri Beru
At Lower Tha khanun (203 Kilo Camp)
Buried Grave No. 008
Loved Ones
Son of Mrs Annie Chambers of, 26 Russell St, Wisbech, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Memorial
2.L.68
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
Wisbech War Memorial, 1939 to 1945
Information
Martyn Fryer
Reported in Corporal Allen's Diary as 'Died from Cholera" 203 Kilo Camp
KEW:- WO 361/1526, WO 361/2172, WO 361/2053, WO 345/9, WO 361/1954, WO 361/1979, WO 392/23, WO 361/2167, WO 361/1623, WO 361/1623, WO 361/2058, WO 361/2176,
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