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Gunner
James Hook
Known as Jim or Jimmy
1920/07/09 - Born Charing, Essex
1939/01/05 - Enlisted
Son of Henry and Ann Hook
Royal Artillery
135 Field Regiment
Service
Signaller on 25 pounders
Survived Dunkirk
1941/10/31 - The 135th Field Regiment sailed from Gourock in the Polish Free State vessel, ‘M,V. Sobieski’ and joined Convoy CT.5 (18th Division) off the Irish Coast
Also on board were the 2nd Cambridgeshire Regiment as part of the 18th Division.
1941/11/08 - Transferred to USS Mount Vernon with 53 Infantry Brigade
1941/11/10 - Sailed from Halifax in Convoy William Sail 12X
1941/11/18 - Arrived Port Spain, Trinidad
1941/11/20 - Sailed for Cape Town
1941/12/08 - Japan entered the war and invades Malaya
1941/12/09 - Arrived Cape Town
1941/12/13 - Sailed for Mombassa, Kenya
1941/12/25 Arrived Mombassa, Kenya
1941/12/29 - Mount Vernon left Kenya for Singapore in Convoy DM.1
1942/01/04 - Mount Vernon anchored at Addu Atool in the Maldive Islands, mail going ashore and taking on water. The next morning at 0900hrs, Convoy DM.1 got under way escorted by HMS Emerald , Exeter and Jumna.
1942/01/13 - At 1315hrs Mount Vernon docked at the Navy Yard, Singapore
1942/05/02 - WO 417/42, Casualty List No. 813. Missing.
1943/08/11 - WO 417/64, Casualty List No. 1209. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 813 as Missing, now reported Prisoner of War.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
Malai 4 -Adam Road Camp
PoW No. M 1312
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/05 - Bukit Tima, Singapore
Commander Brig C.L.B. Duke, 11442
1942/10/22 - Transported overland to Thailand in Work Group 1
14th Train from Singapore to Thailand
1942/10/26 - Arrived Bam Pong
New PoW No. I 24195
1942/10 - Tha Makham, Thailand
Commander Lt-Col. F.J.D. Toosey, 38862
1943/02 - Kinsaiyok, Thailand
Commander Captain F.E. Butterfield, 127127
1943/08 - Chungkai, Thailand
Captain J. MarKowitz, 183223, RAMC
1943/10 - Thailand-Burma Railway joined near Konkuita, Thailand
1945/01 - Nong Pladuk, Thailand
Commander Lt-Col. F.J.D. Toosey, 38862
New PoW No. I 8779
1945/01 - Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Commander Col. Coates
1945/01 - Mergui Road
Commander BSM G.A. Hawkins, 1069355
The Mergui Road was constructed as a secondary route to and from Burma. The death roll was very high. There were 1000 PoWs working on the Mergui Road, 250 or them died on the roads construction.
1945/07 - Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Commander Col. Coates
1945/09/04 - Liberated
1945/10/04 - WO417/97-2, Casualty List No. 1875. Previously reported on Casualty List No. 1209 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
Age 99
February 2020
After short stay in Ford Place Nursing Home
Information
Convoy William Sail 12X
Japanese Transport
Thailand-Burma Railway
Mergui Road
British Far East PoW Roll
Liberation Questionnaire - Supplied by Andrew Snow
KEW:- WO 361/2172, WO 392/24, WO 345/26, WO 361/1955, WO 361/2196, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2060, WO 361/2166, WO 361/2185,
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