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Private
Robert William Tuplin
1919/11/05 - Born Wadworth, Yorkshire
Son of Robert William (Pit Labourer) and Annie Tuplin
1938 Married Edith A Everton
Royal Army Medical Corps
198 Field Ambulance
Japanese PoW
Changi Camp
Commander Lt-Gen. Percival
PoW No. 499
Japanese Index Card - Side One
1942/08/16 - Transported overseas with 'B' Special Party from Changi to Korea in the Fukkai Maru
Ship Boarding No. 969
1942/09/25 - Arrived Jinsen, Korea
New PoW No. 501
POWs worked at Kowan Shuko Senbaikyoku (Ports and Harbors Establishment and Maintenance Monopoly Bureau).
1943/09/16 - left for Konan 1D
POWs worked at Nippon Chisso Kohnan Kojo (Nippon Chisso Kohnan Factory)
1945/09/02 - Liberated Konan, Korea
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Died
1992
Information
KEW:- WO 345/52, WO 361/1967, WO 392/26, WO 361/2064, WO 361/2067, WO 361/2020, WO 361/2180
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