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Corporal

Seager, Arthur James

 

Date Born:-

1920/04/20

 

Home Town:-

Thetford, Norfolk

 

Parents:-

Arthur and Florence Seager

 

Next of Kin:-

(Father) Mr. A. Seager, Neaton, Watton, Thetford

 

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Service

Enlisted:-

1937/05/

 

Regiment:-

Royal Norfolk Regiment

 

Unit:-

4th Battalion

 

Conflict:-

Far East - World War 2

 

Place of Capture:-

1942/03/18 - Sumatra

 

 

 

Japanese Index Card Information

Card Camp:-

Thailand or 4D Camp

 

Card Country:-

Thailand

 

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Notes

1942/02/15 escaped to Sumatra. Part of British Sumatra Battalion. 1942/05/24 transported oversea to Mergui, Burma. 1942/08 Tavoy. 1942/12/24 Thanbyuzayat Railway. 1944/04/19 overland to Saigon, French Indo China. 1945/09/13 Liberated flown to Rangoon.

 

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1939-1945 Star

 

 

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