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Company Sergeant-Major
Thomas William Applebee
1913/11/14 - Born Fulham
Son of Herbert and Dora (nee Robinson) Applebee
1929/01/01 - Enlisted from school
Royal Engineers
Pre War - Tianjin, China
1939 - Married Galina Kosseroff
Tienstin, China
(Galina was born 1920, Russia)
1941 - Singapore Fortress
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
1942/02/17 - Changi
PoW No. 1467
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/11/05 - Transported overland to Thailand with ‘M’ Letter Party, in train 28, with 650 PoWs
Commander Lt-Col D. E. Swinton, 2nd East Surreys
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Camp
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Commander
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New PoW No. IV 1477
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1942/11/07
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Various Camps on Railway
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Lt-Col Swinton, 2nd Easy Surreys
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1943/08
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Nong Pladuc
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Lt-Col Toosey, Royal Artillery
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1944/03
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Kaorin Workshops
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Capt. Rennick, 2/15 Forresters
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New PoW No. IV 2068
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1945/08/30
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Liberated Thailand
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Post War
1947 - Thomas was stationed to Japan with his family. During his stay, he and his company helped reconstruction work in Okayama, which was devastated by an earthquake. One of things he was given upon his departure from Japan was this fan.
Died
17th January 1974
Croydon
Galina died 1994, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Information
Stephen Biggane
KEW:- WO 361/2165, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2058, WO 361/2191, WO 361/2172, WO 361/1954, WO 361/1979, WO 361/2196, WO 392/23, WO 345/2,
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