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EC/1198
Captain
Alan John Anthony Elliott
1919/09/26 - Born Dublin
Son of John Brooke and Eileen Barbara Elliott
Occupation Theological Student
1939/09/29 - Enlisted
Indian Army
16 Punjab Regiment
2nd Battalion
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
1942/02/17 - Changi, Singapore
PoW No. M-2556
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/28 - Transported overland with ‘U’ Letter Party to Thailand
20th Train from Singapore to Thailand
Commander Lt-Col. S. Mackeller, F.M.S.V.R.
1942/11/11 - 4 Camp, Tha Muang, Thailand
New PoW No. IV 5431
Commander Lt-Col. Knights
1945/01/22 - 7 Camp, Kanchanaburi, Thailand
New PoW No. IV 486
Commander Lt-Col. Swinton
1945/09/04 - Liberated Thailand
Please read Alan’s book ‘In the Shadow of the Bridge’
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Richard Elliott
Japanese Transport
Thailand Burma Railway
Liberation Questionnaire - COFEPOW
KEW Files:- WO 392/24, WO 345/16, WO 361/1954, WO 361/1979, WO 361/2196, WO 361/2169, WO 361/1987, WO 361/2059,
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