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Gunner
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Eric John Taylor
1920/06/17 - Born Birmingham
Son of Frederick John and Leah Taylor
Occupation Clerk
1940/07/29 - Enlisted
Royal Artillery
316/5 Search Light Regiment
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Changi Camp
PoW No. VII 500
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/04/04 - Oversea in Nissyo Maru to French Indo-China (Vietnam)
1942/04/09 - Arrived with 1125 PoWs
Commander Lt. Col. Hugonin
New PoW No. 15586
1942/04/11 - Dock Camp, Saigon
Commander Major A.W.C. Glossop, 315/5 Searchlight Regiment, RA
1945/01/23 - Fhuma Camp, Baria
Commander J.H. McLaughlan, RAMC
1945/07/03 - Dock Camp, Saigon
Commander Ensign De Kaiser
1945/08/01 - Named in Nominal Roll Saigon
1945/09/13 - Liberated Saigon
Transport Home
1945/09/21 - Transport home via the Suez Canal in SS Orduna
313 Officers - 1390 Other Ranks - 1 Marine - 20 Civilians
1945/09/27 - Stopping at Colombo, Ceylon
Photo taken in Colombo and shows Eric, third from the left, with comrades from the 315 and 316 Battery
Eric is still very thin and gaunt looking
1945/10/10 - Port Said
1945/10/19 - Berthed at Liverpool
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Barbara James
Japanese Transport
Liberation Questionnaire - COFEPOW
KEW:- WO 361/2172, WO 392/26, WO 345/50, WO 361/1955, WO 361/2196, WO 361/2027, WO 361/1987, WO 361/2168, WO 361/2064, WO 361/2068, WO 361/2188,
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