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7259348
Corporal
Albert Noble
1907/06/15 - Born Trimdon Colliery, County Durham
Son of William and Alice Noble
(Father William was a Coal Hewer, at the Colliery)
Brother to Charles Humphrey (born 1904) and Jane Hannah (born 1909
Albert’s Occupation - Army Regular
1928/07/02 - Enlisted
Next of kin - Mrs William, 6 William Street, Trimdon Grange, Durham
Royal Army Medical Corps
27 Company
Service
1936/05/09 - As a Private,Transferred to Section B, Reserve
1937/08/23 - As a Private, Rejoined the Colours
Hong Kong
1941/12/08 - Japan enters the war by attacking Pearl Harbour and Malaya
1941/12/18 - Japanese Troops crossed Victoria Harbour and fearce fighting followed on the Island of Hong Kong
1941/12/25 - Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanese
1942/01/14 - WO 417/36, Casualty List No. 720. Reported ‘Missing’.
Japanese PoW
1941/12/25 - Captured Hong Kong
Commander in Hong Kong PoW Camp Major Boon, Royal Army Service Corps.
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/12/15 - 5th Hong Kong Draft on the SS Soong Cheong to Japan
With 563 PoWs to Japan
1943/12/20 - Arrived Takao, Taiwan and with serious engine problems the PoWs were transferred to the Toyama Maru
1943/12/30 - Departed Takao, Taiwan in Toyama Maru
1944/01/16 - Arrived Osaka Branch 11 - Narumi, Japan
1944/04/06 - Juristriction changed and renamed Nagoya 2B - Narumi
Work involved making wheels for Daido Electric Steel Company
1944/08/04 - 200 Americans arrive at camp from the Philippines
1945/04/06 - Transferred to Nagoya 8B - Tateyama
Work involved building small steam rollers, for Tateyama Heavy Industries Co.
1945/08/15 - On Roll at Nagoya 8B
1945/08/29, 10am - Planes drop food parcels but on the second run, after dropping a package, one of the planes crashes into a house 50 yds from the PoWs. and lies upside down. Two men are rescued from the Grumman Avenger, but the pilot died.
1945/08/30 - Funeral of pilot with planes flying over in formation.
1945/09/06 - Liberated
Liberation Questionnaire
1945/10/08 - WO417/98, Casualty List No. 1878. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 881 as reported Prisoner of War now Not Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Hong Kong.
Repatriation
USS Admiral Hughes
Embarkment No. 936
Albert now Classified as a Sergeant on the ship roll
1945/09/25 - Sailed from Manila, Philippines
Via:- Equimalt, British Columbia
1945/10/09 - Arrived Victoria, Canada and Seattle
Then home in Queen Elizabeth 1
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Sue France - Daughter
Glenda Godfrey
Matt Stanyard
Mike Heather
British Far East PoWs
Hong Kong War Diary - Tony Banham
Roger Mansell’s site - Center for Research
Liberation Questionnaire - COFEPOW
Repatriation Files from Manila, Philippines
Repatriation Transport List
KEW Files:- WO 392/25, WO 345/38, WO 361/1985,
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