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7365024
Private
John Bertram Hancock
1918/11/02 - Born Lowestoft
Son of Bertram Henry and Maude Louisa Hancock
Occupation Dispensing Optician
Royal Army Medical Corps
197 Field Ambulance
Service
1941/10/30 - Left Liverpool for Halifax in Convoy CT.5.
1941/11/08 - At Halifax transferred to American liners
1941/11/10 - Left Halifax with Convoy William Sail 12X, destination unknown, believed to be Middle East.
Above Photo of Convoy William Sail 12X supplied by the late Maurice Rooney
Vought SB 2U Vindicator Scout Bomber - USS Ranger which was flying an Anti Submarine patrol over the convoy.
Front Line Top to Bottom:-
USS West Point - USS Mount Vernon - USS Wakefield - USS Quincy (Heavy Cruiser)
Back Row Top To Bottom:-
USAT Leonard Wood - USS Vincennes (Heavy Cruiser) - USS Joseph T Dickman
(USS Orizaba Ap-24 also sailed with Convoy though not pictured in photo)
1941/12/08 - Japan entered war by bombing Pearl Harbour and invading Malaya
18th Division diverted from Middle East and sent to Singapore
1942/02/15 - Singapore surrendered to Japanese
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
Changi Camp
PoW No. I 3199
1942/03/12 - Roberts Hospital
Commander Col. J.W. Craven
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/08/ - Transferred to Selerang Hospital
New PoW No. 5250
Commander Col. Collins
1944/05/ - Transferred to Kranji Hospital
Commander Col. Collins
1945/09/02 - Liberated Singapore
Information
Michelle Louise Evans - Daughter
Glenda Godfrey
KEW Files:- WO 367/2, WO 392/24, WO 345/23, WO 361/1947, WO 361/2180, WO 361/2060,
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