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13291
Private
William Holmes Williams
1906/11/02 - Born Banbury, Oxfordshire
Son of Edwin and Mary Ann Cross (nee Livingstone) Williams
Occupation Agricultural Chemist
Next of kin - Wife: Irene Constance Williams, 126 Chelmsford Road, Perth, Western Australia
Federated Malay States Volunteer Force
Negri Sembilan (Malaysian state)
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
PoW No. M-7445
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/11/05 - Transported overland to Thailand in ‘M’ Letter Party, train 12
30th train to Thailand with 650 PoWs
Group 2
Commander Lt-Col. D.E. Swinton, 2nd Bn, East Surreys Regiment
New PoW No. II 5898
Thailand Camps:-
Chungkai, 60km from Nong Pladuk
Apalon (Burma), 82km from Thanbyuzayat
1945 and Recovered at Tha Muang, 38km from Nong Pladuk
1944/11/01 - On Roll at Camp 4 (Tha Muang)
New PoW No. 17146
1945/08/30 - Liberated Thailand
The Japanese Index Card ‘Destination of Report’ address was incorrect so there was very limited communication during William’s time as a |PoW.
It should have read:-
Mrs Irene Constance Williams (Wife)
1 Richardson Street,
West Perth.
Information
JohnBryony Williams
Glenda Godfrey
Phil Bradshaw
Andrew Snow - Thailand Burma Railway Centre
Japanese Transports
Thailand-Burma Railway
KEW Files:- WO 361/2172, WO 345/56, WO 361/1955, WO 361/2196, WO 392/26, WO 361/2167, WO 361/2065,
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