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Gunner
Henry Newton
1917/05/18 - Born Doncaster, Yorkshire
Son of Herbert and Alice Maud (nee Cooke) Newton
Royal Artillery
137 Field Regiment
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
Pow No. 242
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/06/20 - Transported overland to Thailand with First Mainland Party ‘June Party’ in train 2 in party of 600 PoWs
Commander Major W. E. Gill, Royal Artillery, 137 Field Regiment
Nong Pladuc Camp
New PoW No. 10242
1945/02/02 - Transported to French Indo China in the Haruyasa Maru
New PoW No. X 43570
1945/09/02 - Liberated Saigon, French Indo China
1945/09/12 - Released for Repatriation, Flown to Rangoon
Post War
1947 - Married Marjorie D. Norman
Doncaster
Died
1951
Doncaster
Information
Kew:- WO 361/2022, WO 361/2171, WO 392/25, WO 345/38, WO 361/2005, WO 361/2001, WO 361/2027, WO 361/2166, WO 361/2166, WO 361/2062, WO 361/2068, WO 361/2187,
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