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Private

Radford, Stephen Henry

 

Date Born:-

1917/07/01

 

Home Town:-

St. Ives, Hunts

 

Parents:-

Richard Chapman and Minnie F. Radford

 

Next of Kin:-

Mrs. M. Radford. Boyton Hall Cottages, Haverhill.

 

Occupation:-

Textile Factory Assistant Manager

 

 

 

Service

Enlisted:-

 

 

Regiment:-

Cambridgeshire Regiment

 

Unit:-

2nd Battalion

 

Conflict:-

Far East - World War 2

 

Place of Capture:-

1942/02/15 - Singapore

 

 

 

 

 

Japanese Index Card Information

Card Camp:-

Thailand

 

Card Country:-

Thailand Camp 4

 

Side One:-

 

Side Two:-

 

 

Died

Age:-

27

 

Date of Death:-

1944/09/21

 

Place of Death:-

At sea, North of Corregidor, Philippines.

 

Cause of Death:-

Hufuku Maru sunk by American carrier planes

 

Memorial:-

Column 60.

 

Cemetery:-

SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

 

 

Notes

1942/11/02 transported overland to Thailand, New PoW No. II 4775. Being transported from Singapore to Japan in Hufuku Maru with convoy SHIMI-05. 1944/09/21, ship sunk by American carrier planes on leaving Manilla. 1,047 PoWs died in sinking.

 

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Pacific Star

War Medal

1939-1945 Star

 

 

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