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5106390
Signalman
Abram James Carter
1912 - Born Shoreditch, London
Son of Bessie (nee Eyres) Carter
Brother to George, Frederick and Mary
Next of Kin Brother, George A, Ash Grove, Hounslow, Middlesex
Royal Corps of Signals
9/11 Indian Division Signals
Service
1941/12/08 - Japan entered the war by attacking Pearl Harbour, Hong Kong and Malaya.
Japanese troops landed at Singora and Patani, Thailand plus Kota Bharu, Malaya.
The Japanese troops which landed at Kota Bharu, soon took control of the airfield and the defending troops then had very little air cover.
The battle hardened Japanese quickly gained a foothold and pushed the defending troops back to Singapore Island.
On the 31st of January 1942, the Causeway joining Malaya to Singapore was blown in an attempt to halt the Japanese troops.
On the night of the 8th of February 1942, the Japanese landed on the North West side of Singapore Island. General Percival had made strong the North East coastline thinking that is where the Japanese would attack, but the Japanese bluff worked, as by the 15th February 1942, Singapore was forced into surrendering as the Japanese were in position to stop the water supply reaching Singapore City from the Reservoirs.
‘Singapore Surrender’ by Leo Rawlings
1942/05/01 - WO 417/42, Casualty List No. 812. Reported ‘Missing’.
1943/04/15 - WO 417/59, Casualty List No. 1110. (Previously shown on Casualty List No. 812 as Missing, 15/02/1942). Now reported a ‘Prisoner of War.
1945/11/26 - WO417/99, Casualty List No. 1920. Previously reported on Casualty List No. 1110 as Prisoner of War now Not Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Malaya
Japanesse PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
Japanese Index Card - Side One
PoW No. M-8094
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
England Maru
1942/10/25 - Transported oversea to Taiwan with ‘Z’ Force in the England Maru. Disembarked at Keelung they boarded a train, arriving at Taihoku, Camp 6, on the 14th November 1942.
Abram’s Camps in Taiwan were:-
Taihoku, Camp 6
New PoW No. IV-1248
The PoWs at Taihoku were maily Britishs. The men worked at building a memorial park and a man-made lake for the Japanese.
Kinkaseki Mine
In 1943 Abram was moved to Kinkaseki and worked in the Copper Mine
Shirakawa, Camp 4
1945, June - Moved to Shirakawa Camp
1945, August - On roll at Camp 4, Taiwan
1945/09/05 - Liberated Shirakawa
Repatriation
USS Joseph Dyckman
1945/09/23 - Evacuation from Manila, Philippines to America.
1945/10/16 - Arriving San Francisco, USA.
British then entrained to the East Coast and transported to UK.
Post War
1947 - Married Dorris J. Avron-Cotton
Abram passed away 22nd January 1967
Information
Chris Aziz - Son
Fall of Malaya and Singapore
Never Forgotten
Repatriation
KEW Files:- WO 361/2050, WO 392/23, WO 361/2189, WO 361/1536, WO 361/2068, WO 1475/01, WO 361/1968,
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