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Lance Corporal
Arthur Ruskin Jones
1904/06/14 - Born Battersea, London
Son of William Richard and Elizabeth Jones
Grandson of Frances Arabella Jones
(1911 Census -Father was Manager Of Selling Office Of Tinplate And Steel Manufacturers. Uncle Oscar Jorish Jones was Commercial Clerk To Tinplate Manufacturer)
Pre-War
1925/10/23 - Left London in ‘Kashgar’ for Penang, Malaysia as a Clerk, aged 21
(Line - PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.)
1930/05/15 - Left London in ‘Morea’ for Penang, Malaysia as a Clerk aged 25
(Line - PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.)
1935/02/13 - Left Southampton in ‘Indrapoera’ for Singapore as a ‘Tin Ore Buyer’, aged 30
(Line - ROTTERDAM LLOYD ROYAL DUTCH MAIL)
1938/12/30 - Left Southampton in ‘Gneisenau’ for Penang, Malaysia as a ‘Commercial Assistant’, aged 34
(Line - NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN)
1940 - Arthur Ruskin Occupation - Merchant, Eastern Smelting Co.
World War Two
Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
3rd (Penang & Province Wellesley Vol. Corps) Battalion
Intelligence Section - Att. A.I.F. HQ 1.42 at Labis
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured
Japanese Index Card - Side One
PoW No. IV 5219
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/03/28 - Transported in DeKlerkto with ‘E’ Force to Kuching, Borneo with 500 British PoWs and 500 Australian PoWs
Commander Lt-Col Whimster
(500 British to Kuching, 500 Australians to Sandakan)
Died
Age 39
1945/05/07
Died at Kuching
Cause of Death Malaria
Loved Ones
Son of William Richard and Elizabeth Jones, of Surbiton, Surrey
Brother to Lena Hewett, Richard George, Everlyn May, Doris Irene, Mary Frances and Phyllis Laura
Memorial
L. C. 16.
LABUAN WAR CEMETERY
Commemorated
On a small brass plaque on a pew in the Church of St. George the Martyr in George Town, Penang Island, Malaysia
Information
Andrew Hwang
Jonathan Moffitt
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
KEW:- WO 392/24, WO 345/39, WO 361/1625, WO 361/1625, WO 361/2061, WO 361/1676, WO 367/2, RG 33/132
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