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6201858
Fusilier
Arthur Frecker
1916/07/04 - Born Ryhope, Co. Durham
Son of John and Blanche (nee Robinson) Frecker
1934/09/04 - Originally enlisted
Middlesex Regiment
Served in Egypt
1940/04/18 - Re-enlisted
Northumberland Fusiliers
9th Battalion
Service
1941/10/30 - left Liverpool aboard the Warwick Castle in Convoy CT.5 for Halifax
1941/11/08 - Arrived Halifax
Boarded S.S. Orizaba
Sailed to Cape Town with shore leave, then onto Bombay.
1942/01/21 - Left Bombay for Singapore in Felix Roussel.
Arrived ten days before the surrender of Singapore
1942/02/15 - Singapore surrendered
Japanese PoW
PoW in Changi
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/06/18 - Transported overland to Thailand in ‘June Parties’, train 1
PoW No. VII 368
Non Pladuc Camp, Thailand
Commander Major Sykes.
Noted as S. Driver (could be Supply Driver)
1943/07 - Kinsayok Camp, Thailand
Commander Captain Butterfield R.A.M.C
Kanchanaburi Camp
1944/11/ - Wang Pho, Thailand
PoW No. VII 6862
1945/09/02 - Liberated Thailand
1946/01/14 - Returned home
Died
14th January 1986
Newport, Monmouthshire
Wales
Information
John Moses
KEW:- WO 361/2172, WO 392/24, WO 345/19, WO 361/1979, WO 361/1954, WO 361/2059, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2068, WO 361/2177,
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