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Gunner
William Henry Tuttlebee
Known as Bill or 'Tuts'
1908/12/25 - Born
1941/01/16 - Enlisted
Royal Artillery
85 Anti-Tank Regiment
Malayan Command
Japanese PoW
1942/02 - Changi PoW Camp
PoW No. 6256
Japanese Index card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1945/04 - Adam Park
New PoW No. 10775
Working in the X-4-A party digging tunnels ('funk holes')
1945/09/02 - Liberated
1945/09/15 - Travelled home in the merchant ship SS Almanzora docking at Southampton
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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
Frank Cragg married William’s sister after the war.
It was only then that he and William met, despite having both spent most of the war in Changi.
Information
Walter Tuttlebee
KEW:- WO 361/2188, WO 361/2064, WO 361/1948, WO 345/52
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