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T/2979385
Corporal
James M Forbes
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1910/10/20 - Born Scotland
Son of James and Margaret Forbes
1933/09/08 - Enlisted
Royal Army Service Corps
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured
PoW No. II 228
Japanese Index Card - Side One
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Japanese Index Card - Side Two
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1942/06/22 - Transported overland to Thailand n the June Parties
3rd Train
New PoW No. II 41518
Work Group 2
Information from Andrew Snow, TBRC
1942/07/ - Ban Pong
James then probably went from there to Chungkai as he was group 2 and from there up to Tha Khanun and back to Chungkai.
Transported oversea to Japan
1944/09/01 - Osaka, Japan
192
New PoW No. 6551
1945/09/06 - Liberated Tokyo 13B - Omi, Japan
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Penny Welsh
Andrew Snow - Thailand Burma Railway Centre
Roger Mansell - Tokyo 13B - Omi
Liberation Questionnaire - COFEPOW
KEW Files:- WO 392/24, WO 361/1745, WO 361/1970, WO 361/1970, WO 345/18, WO 361/2005, WO 361/1984, WO 361/2167, WO 361/2167, WO 361/2068,
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