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Bombardier
Leslie Carter
1918/08/17 - Born Liverpool
Son of William Henry and Mary Alice Carter
Occupation Merchant
Royal Artillery
7 Coast Regiment
1942/03/12 - Casualty List No.769. Reported ‘Missing’.
1943/09/12 - WO 417/66, Casualty List No 1245. Previously posted on Casualty List No 769 as Missing now reported Prisoner of War with Rank as Acting Bombardier.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
PoW No. IV 3906
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/23 - 11.30 Hours, kit inspection by Commanding Officer
1400 Hours, kit inspection by Japanese at Road Junction
1942/10/24 - 1200 Hours, parade for march to station
1730 Hours, Train leaves Singapore Station
Transported overland to Thailand with ‘Y’ Letter Group, train 1
18th train to Thailand
Group 4
Commander Major P.S.F. Jackson, 7 Coast, RA
New PoW No. IV 4197
Died Tha Sao, Thailand
Died
Age 24
1943/07/28
Cause of death Dysentery
Tha Sao, St. Lukas No. 2 Cemetery, Grave No. 72
After the war he was moved to a Commonwealth War Cemetery
1945/07/09 - WO417/94-1, Casualty List No. 1803. Previously reported on Casualty List No. 1245 as Prisoner of War in Japanese Hands. Previous Theatre of War, Malaya. Reported ‘Died’.
Memorial
4. A. 51.
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Alison Lennon
Japanese Transports
Thailand - Burma Railway
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
KEW Files:- WO 361/2172, WO 392/23, WO 345/9, WO 361/1979, WO 361/1954, WO 361/1987, WO 361/2169, WO 361/2058, WO 361/2235, WO 361/2053, WO 361/2184, WO 361/2068, WO 361/2068,
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