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545748
Corporal
Terence Philip McGahan
Known as ‘Terry’
1919/07/28 - Born Ireland
1937/11/01 - Enlisted
Royal Air Force
A.M.E.S
AIR MINISTRY EXPERIMENTAL STATION
A name to disguise they were RDF Radar units AMES 250 arrived in Singapore March 1941 and were based at Tanah Merah Besar near Changi.
Escape from Singapore
1942/02/12 - Left Singapore
1942/14/02/ - Ship Sunk
Got to Sinky in native boat
Made an attempt to get to Banka Straits in small punt
1942/04/06 - Captured Selapan, Samatra
Five weeks after fall of N.E.I
Japanese PoW
PoW No. 537
1942/04/09 - Palembang, Camp Leader Commander Reid R.N
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index card - Side Two
Sungei Geron
Camp Leader Lt/Col. Hill, Captain Corry
New PoW No. 7180
1945/09/25 - Liberated
Post War
Nursed back to health by Mother, Margaret, and Grandmother
1953 - Married Eileen J Langley
Smethwick, Worcestershire
Died
1993
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Information
Jonathan Moffatt
COFEPOW Questionnaire
KEW:- WO 392/25, WO 361/1947, WO 345/33
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