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1101520
Gunner
Henry James Juneman
1906/09/29 - Born Battersea, London
Son of Henry Joseph John Juneman
(Florence was Henry’s Stepmother)
Royal Artillery
118 Field Regiment
Service
1941/10/03 - Left Liverpool in Convoy CT.5, destination unknown
1941/11/08 - Arrived Halifax and transferred to American liners.
Became Convoy William Sail 12X.
Convoy WS-12 Steaming Towards Capetown, South Africa, November 1941
USS Quincy (CA-39) leads the nearest column, followed by USS Wakefield (AP-21), USS Mount Vernon (AP-22), USS West Point (AP-23) and USS Cimarron (AO-22).
The second column is led by USS Ranger (CV-4), followed by USS Orizaba (AP-24), USS Leonard Wood (AP-25), USS Joseph T. Dickman (AP-26) and USS Vincennes (CA-44). The other ships present are destroyers.
It is not certain which ship Henry was being transported in but he was in the Convoy, eventually reaching Singapore .
1942//02/15 - Singapore surrendered to the Japanese.
Japanese Index Card
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
PoW No. M-1276
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index card - Side Two
1943/03/20 - Transported with ‘D’ Force to Thailand
Work Group 4
54th train from Singapore to Thailand
Commander G.G. Carpenter, 1st Cambridgeshire Regiment
New PoW No. IV 10654
Kinsaiyok
New PoW No. 9604
Died
1943/07/14
Cause of death Acute Enteritis, Dysentery
Buried, Grave 148, Kinsiayok, Thailand
After WWII, Henry’s body was exhumed and reburied at a Commonwealth War Cemetery
Memorial
8. G. 28.
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
Information
Stephen Lane
Convoy William Sail 12X
Japanese Transport
Thailand Burma Railway
Kew:- WO 361/1531, WO 361/1526, WO 361/2172, WO 392/24, WO 345/29, WO 361/1987, WO 361/1520, WO 361/2169, WO 361/2061, WO 361/2235, WO 361/2186, WO 367/2, WO 361/2070, WO 361/2206,
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