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Major
John Bluet Denman
1914/12/21- Born Brighton
Son of John Leopold and Constance Winifred (nee Bluet) Denman
Occupation Charted Architect
Next of Kin Parents, J L & C W Denman, Queens Road, Brighton, Sussex
Royal Engineers
Service
1939/10/06 - Enlisted into the Royal Engineers
Major John Bluet Denman was an officer in the Royal Engineers, a British Army Corps with a long history of engineering and combat support.
John was in the retreat at Dunkirk between 26th May and 4th June 1940.
No. 2 Platoon ‘B’ Company C.C.T.C
Sandhurst October 1940
John was transported oversea and Stationed in Java
Java surrendered to the Japanese on the 8th March 1942
1942/03/18 - WO417/2, Casualty List No.774. Reported ‘Missing’.
1942/05/25 - WO417/2, Correction to entry on Casualty List No.774. Entry should be deleted. Listed in error. Reported ‘Missing’.
1943/03/04 - WO417/004, Casualty List No. 1074. Reported ‘Missing’.
1943/06/28 - WO417/004, Casualty List No. 1172. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 1074 as posted Missing, 01/02/1943 with rank as War Substantive Lieutenant. Reported a ‘Prisoner of War’.
Japanese PoW
1942/03/08 - Captured Java
PoW No. Bat-18712
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/12/27 - Cycle Camp
Dwawa Camp
New PoW No. 7730
1945/09/21 in the Batavia area, Java
1945/10/27 - Liberated
Liberation Questionnaire
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The Middlesex Times
Wednesday October 19th 1945
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1945/10/06 - WO417/9, Casualty List No. 1877. Previously reported on Casualty List No. 1172 as Prisoner of War now Not Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Netherlands East Indies.
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Far East Medals
Post War
John was an architect, artist and writer after the war.
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West Sussex Gazette
February 20th 1947
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1955 - Married June Lawson in Westminster, London
They were blessed with daughter Joanna Denman.
Photo - John and Joanna
Joanna now has two children Oliver and Gemma Sim.
In 1962 John married Clare Justice Troutbeck.
Clare had three children from her first marriage, Christopher, John (Georgina’s father) and Jane Barclay.
John died 2002
Information
Georgina Barclay - Granddaughter
Liberation Questionnaire - COFEPOW
KEW Files:- WO 361/2008, WO 361/1945, WO 361/2010, WO 392/23, WO 345/14, WO 361/1996,
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