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847216
Gunner - Driver 1st Class
Edwin William George Everall
1914/08/26 - Born Leominster, Hertfordshire
Son of Harry and Gertrude Ann (nee Reynolds) Everall
Occupation Farmer
1938 - Married Elsie M. Hughes, Walsall, Staffordshire
1939/05/17 - Enlisted
Next of Kin Mrs E. Everall of Hertfordshire
Royal Artillery
85th Anti-Tank Regiment
Service
1941/09/ - The 85th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery was formed.
After training in Essex, the 85th and their equipment were loaded on to the SS Narkunda, a ship in Convoy William Sail 12Z.
1941/11/12 - Sailed from Liverpool and the Clyde.
1941/11/13 - The convoy formed off Oversay as below:
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11L
ADRASTUS
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21L
MATAROA
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31C
NARKUNDA
(Commodore)
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41L
ORDUNA
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51C
DEUCALION
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12L
EMPIRE STAR
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22L
DUCHESS OF BEDFORD
(Vice Commodore)
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32C
AORANGI
32C
EMPRESS OF JAPAN
(same position number)
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42L
MONARCH OF BERMUDA
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52C
ABBEKERK
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13L
SUSSEX
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23L
EMPRESS OF ASIA
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43L
CAPETOWN CASTLE
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53C
RIMUTAKA
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34C
ARUNDEL CASTLE
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When the convoy departed the docks, the 85th were heading for the Middle East via the Cape of Good Hope. The 85th equipment was painted in desert camouflage. The convoy sailed south to Durban, South Africa.
1941/12/08 - The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour and invaded the Philippines.
The 85th were diverted from their original desert destination to Singapore in Convoy DM 1 (Durban Malaya):-
AORANGI
MOUNT VERNON
NARKUNDA
SUSSEX
They became part of the 53rd Battalion. as reinforcements of the Singapore Garrison.
Escorted by EMERALD, a rendezvous was made at the fuelling stop at Addu Atoll from where the escort was reinforced by the cruisers Durban and Exeter.
1942/01/09 - Sloop Jumna joined convoy
1942/01/10 - The Dutch cruiser De Ruyter was present for the next three days. The destroyers Encounter, Jupiter and Vampire joined the convoy until the convoy reached Singapore.
1942/01/13 - Convoy DM 1 arrived Singapore
1942/02/15 - Singapore surrendered to the Japanese
1942/04/22 - WO 417/42, Casualty List No. 804. Now reported ‘Missing’.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
1942/04/ - River Valley Camp
Pow No. 35218
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/11 - Transported overland to Thailand with River Valley Party, train 5
8th train to Thailand
PoW No. IV 3519
Edwin was in Group 4 10(C) Work Battalion under Major Ian James MacKinlay, 85 Anti-Tank Regiment.
Thailand Camps:-
1942/10/ - Tonchan, 138km from Nong Pladuk
1943/02/ - Tha Sao, 125km from Nong Pladuk
1943/07/ - Nakhon Pathon, is about 15km by rail towards Bangkok on the original rail line
1943/10/ - Lines joined near Kontoita, 292.53km from Nong Pladuk
Thimogtha, Thailand
Nakhon Nayokm, Thailand
New PoW No. IV 6333
1945/08/30 Liberated Thailand
Liberation Questionnaire
1945/10/24 - WO417/98, Casualty List No. 1892. Previously reported on Casualty List No. 1141 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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Died
20th April 1996
Walsall, Staffordshire
Information
Stewart Hughes
Andrew Snow - Thailand Burma Railway Centre (information on Thailand camps)
Japanese Transports
Thailand-Burma Railway
Liberation Questionnaire - COFEPOW
KEW Files:- WO 361/2172, WO 345/17, WO 361/1979, WO 361/1954, WO 361/2196, WO 392/24, WO 361/1987, WO 361/2169, WO 361/2059, WO 361/2185,
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