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4274181
Fusilier
John Clifford Johnson
Known as Cliff
1921/05/06 - Born Belford, Northumberland
Son of Thomas Frederick and Margaret (nee Hudson) Johnson
Occupation Bricklayer
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
9th Battalion
18th Division
Service
1940/08 the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 9th Battalion HQ was at Coltishall and the platoons patrolled the Norfolk coast.
January 1941 the Battalion moved to Scottish Boarders for training.
1941/10/30 - Left Liverpool in Warwick Castle with Convoy CT.5. for Halifax
1941/11/08 - Arrived Halifax
1941/11/10 - Transferred to ‘USS Orizaba’ which was part of the William Sail 12X convoy, sailing to unknown destination.
1942/01/06 - Landed Bombay, India and travelled by train to Deolali for training.
1942/01/21 - Set sail in the ‘Felix Roussel’
5th February 1942 arrived Singapore
1945/02/15 - Singapore Surrendered
WO 417/41, Reported Missing
WO 417/61, Now reported a Prisoner of War
WO 417/98, Now reported a PoW in Japanese hands
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 Captured Singapore
Great World Camp
PoW No. 5251
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
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Date
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Camp
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Commander
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1942/02/17
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Changi Camp, Singapore
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1942/03/13
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Red Valley Camp, Singapore
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Lt-Col. Flower
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1942/11/07
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Transported to Thailand,
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Train 30
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1942/12/15
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Nong Pladuk, Thailand
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Lt-Col. Gill
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New PoW No. I 17395
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1942/12/15
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Hindat
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Lt-Col. Baker
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1943/02/29
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Tha Kilen Camp
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Men Escaped working party:-
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Sgt. Frank Joseph Kelly, 7259593, Royal Army Medical Corps.
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Sgt. Edward Reay, 4269426, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.
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Fus. Timothy Kenneally, 4271150, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
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Pte. Patrick Fitzgerald, 3651198, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
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1943/03/22
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The four prisoners were brought into the camp
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1943/03/23
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Japanese shot the prisoners
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1944/03/15
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Nong Pladuk
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Lt-Col. Toosey
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1944/08/01
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Tha Muang, Camp 4
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Cliff was with Hedley Bell when he died
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1945/02/25
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Ubon
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RSM McTavish
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New PoW No. I 9417
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1945/08/30 - Liberated
Post War
1949 - Married Violet M Nixon, Northumberland
Died
2004 - Belford, Northumberland
Information
Nick Johnson
Keith Andrews
Thailand-Burma Railway
KEW:- WO 361/2172, WO 361/2170, WO 345/39, WO 361/1955, WO 361/2196, WO 361/2166, WO 361/2177,
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