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Signalman, Driver
Anthony Thomas Pacitti
1920/07/11 - Born Croydon, Surrey
Son of Lewis and Caroline Pacitti
Occupation Electrician
1940/09/05 - Enlisted
Royal Corps of Signals
3rd Indian Corps of Signals
76 Line Section
1942/05/08 - WO 417/43, Casualty List No. 818. Missing
1942/10/12 - WO 417/52, Casualty List No.952. Previously shown on Casualty List No.818 as Missing, 15/02/1942. Now reported a Prisoner of War.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
PoW No. 4151
Commander Col. Milner, Royal Corps of Signals
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/11/04 - Transported with ‘N’ Letter Party overland to Thailand
27th Train from Singapore to Thailand
Work Group 1
New PoW No. 20179
Commander Major Lees, Gordon Highlanders
1942/11/12- Wang Pho South
1943/04/ - Prang Kasi (211 km from Nong Pladuk)
Commander Col. Swinton
Tha Makham (38.90 km from Nong Pladuk)
Transported back to Singapore
1944/06/09 - Transported in Japan Party 1 to Japan
1944/06/29 - Arrived Osaka 16b - Iruka, Japan
Commander Captain Thornhill, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Work included Chemical manufacturing
1945/04/05 - Renamed Nagoya 4B
1945/09/09 - Liberated Nagoya 4b, Japan
1945/10/26 - WO417/98, Casualty List No. 1894. Previously reported on Casualty List No. 952 as Prisoner of War now Not Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Malaya.
Repatriation
1945/09/09 - Transported By Rail to the sea port
Boarded the Ship USS San Juan
Transferred to the Ship USS Monitor for one day
Transferred to the Ship USS Oconto and sailed to Manila , Philippines
Boarded HMS Implacable
1945/10/05 - Sailed to San Francisco via Hawaii then onto Canada
Train across Canada to Nova Scotia
1945/11/02 Boarded Ile De France and sailed to England
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Post War
1946 - Married Kathleen Doris Peters
In Croydon, Surrey
Information
Jean Foster - Goddaughter
Japanese Transports
Thailand Burma Railway
Roger Mansell - Nagoya 4B
Liberation Questionnaire - COFEPOW
KEW Files:- WO 361/1585, WO 361/2166, WO 361/2166, WO 392/25, WO 361/2170, WO 345/39, WO 361/1985, WO 361/2063, WO 361/2190,
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