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5826866
Private
Arthur Reginald Rainer
Known as Reg
1919/01/07 - Born
Son of Arthur and Ethel Rainer
Suffolk Regiment
4th Battalion
18th Division
1941/10/30 - Left Liverpool in the ‘Andes’ with Convoy CT.5
1941/11/08 - Arrived Halifax and transferred to USS Wakefield
1941/11/10 - Sailed to unknown destination
1941/12/08 - Japan entered war
1941/12/14 - Departed Cape Town for Kenya then Bombay
1941/12/27 - Arrived Bombay, India
1942/01/29 - Sailed from Bombay to Singapore
1942/01/30 - Arrived Singapore
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Became a Japanese PoW
PoW No. 1422
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/06/18 - Transported overland to Thailand
New PoW No. 17943
Transported to Singapore
1944/06 - Transported to Japan
1944/06/22 - Arrived at Tokyo 2D - Mitsushima
Transported in 2nd Group to Osaka 16B, Kanose,
New PoW No. 4864
1945/09/02 - Liberated
Post War
1945 - Married Winifred F Evenett
At Gipping, Suffolk
Passed away peacefully
Monday 21st December 2009
It was a privilege to have known him
God Bless
Information
Full Story within Far Eastern Heroes
KEW:- WO 361/2170, WO 361/1970, WO 361/2005, WO 361/1984, WO 361/2166, WO 361/2166
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