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4750105
Private
Stanley Frederick Tinworth
Sherwood Foresters
1/5th Battalion
Service Record
Enlisted 15th January, 1940
Left Britain aboard S S Orcades in October 1941
Arrived Singapore 28th January 1942
Singapore surrendered 15th February 1942
Japanese POW
Imprisoned in Changi
Left on 1st November 1942 for Thailand to help build the Railway from Nong Pladuc to Thanbyuzayat (Burma).
Arrived Tarsau (Nam Tok) on 11th November 1942.
Worked on the Wampo (Whang Po) Viaduct.
Other camps Stanley worked from were:
Kanyu, Hintock, Kinsayok, Rin Tin, Takunun, Nikki, Songkrai and Three Pagoda Pass.
Stan was a member of the Manam Kwai Noi Rover Scout Crew.
Arrived back in Liverpool on 16th October 1945.
Died
Stan passed away on 19th January, 2004.
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