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Private
Arthur Barker
1919/09/05 - Born Stoke-on-Trent
Son of Arthur and Edith
Occupation Blacksmith
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
18th Division
Service
1941/10/30 - Left Liverpool for Halifax in Convoy CT.5.
1941/11/08 - At Halifax transferred to American liners
1941/11/10 - Left Halifax with Convoy William Sail 12X, destination unknown, believed to be Middle East.
Above Photo of Convoy William Sail 12X supplied by the late Maurice Rooney
Vought SB 2U Vindicator Scout Bomber - USS Ranger which was flying an Anti Submarine patrol over the convoy.
Front Line Top to Bottom:-
USS West Point - USS Mount Vernon - USS Wakefield - USS Quincy (Heavy Cruiser)
Back Row Top To Bottom:-
USAT Leonard Wood - USS Vincennes (Heavy Cruiser) - USS Joseph T Dickman
(USS Orizaba Ap-24 also sailed with Convoy though not pictured in photo)
1941/12/08 - Japan entered war by bombing Pearl Harbour and invading Malaya
18th Division diverted from Middle East and sent to Singapore
1942/02/15 - Singapore surrendered to Japanese
1942/03/21 - WO 417/40, Casualty List No. 777. Missing.
1943/11/17 - WO 417/68, Casualty List No 1293. Previously shown on Casualty List No 777 with Unit as Royal Army Ordnance Corps and Rank as Private. Now a Prisoner of War.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
Changi Camp
PoW No. 6539
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/31 - Transported overland to Thailand in Letter Party ‘R’
PoW No. 14777
1942/11/15 - Nong Pladuk Camp
Commander Major Gill
Postcards Home
1944/03/25 - Kaorin Camp
New PoW No. 2464
1945/09/05 - Liberated Thailand
Kaorin Handkerchiefs
After an air drop of hankies they were signed by the PoWs
1945/09/27 - WO417/97_1, Casualty List No. 1869. Previously reported on Casualty List No. 1293 as Prisoner of War now Not Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Malaya.
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Colin Tyndale
Kew:- WO 361/2172, WO 392/23, WO 361/1979, WO 361/1954, WO 361/2196, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2058, WO 361/2181, WO 361/2069, WO 345/3,
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