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Private

Bailey, Henry Arthur

 

Date Born:-

1913/12/11

 

Home Town:-

Thetford, Norfolk

 

Parents:-

Arthur and Gertrude Edith Bailey

 

Next of Kin:-

(Wife) Mrs. Florence Mary Bailey, of Thetford, Norfolk

 

Occupation:-

Farm Labourer

 

 

 

Service

Enlisted:-

 

 

Regiment:-

Royal Norfolk Regiment

 

Unit:-

5th Battalion

 

Conflict:-

Far East - World War 2

 

Place of Capture:-

Singapore - 1942/02/15

 

 

 

Japanese Index Card Information

Card Camp:-

Thailand or 4D Camp

 

Card Country:-

Thailand

 

Side One:-

 

Side Two:-

 

 

Died

Age at Death:-

30

 

Date of Death:-

1944/09/21

 

Place of Death:-

At sea off Philippines

 

Cause of Death:-

Died when Hofuku Maru was sink by American Carrier planes

Memorial:-

Column 49.

 

Cemetery:-

SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

 

 

Notes

 1942/10/29 transported overland in 'T' Letter Party to Thailand - 1944, back to Singapore - 1944/09/20, sailed in Hofuku Maru to Japan.

 

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Pacific Star

War Medal

1939-1945 Star

 

 

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