Escapes

 

PoW Escapes

 

Compiled with the help of the Commonwealth War Graves

 

This Page is Dedicated To

3651198

Private

Fitzgerald, Patrick

 

United Kingdom

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

attd. 9th Bn Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

 

 

Far East - Prisoner of the Japanese

Died

Source:

Arthur Lanes book "Lesser Gods greater Devils"

Escape:

1943/03/08 Attempted Escape from Takirin Camp

Age:

31

Date of Death:

1943/03/08

Cause of Death:

Shot at Bhankow village whilst trying to escape after being betrayed by villager

Place of Death:

Bhankow Village, Thailand

 

Loved Ones

Son of Edward and Katherine Fitzgerald; husband of Beatrice Fitzgerald, of Warrington, Lancashire

 

Memorial

8. K. 28.

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY

The town of Kanchanaburi is 129 kilometres North-West of Bangkok and is best reached by road, along the National Highway which runs north from the capital. There are bus and train services from Bangkok.

Thailand

 

In 1956 the remains of the three executed were exhumed and transferred to Kanchanaburi cemetery and placed alongside the Grave of Fitzgerald. Major General SASA Akira was tried at Singapore War Crimes Trial, found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging.

 

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