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7633234
Private
William Austin Moses
Known as Bill
1914/07/21 - Born Pontypridd, Glamorgan
Son of Thomas and Mary Moses
1940/06/13 - Enlisted
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
18th Divisional Workshops
Service
On the 30th October 1942 the 18th Division left Britain for Halifax, Canada in Convoy CT.5.
Arriving at Halifax, they changed ships to American liners, leaving in Convoy William Sail 12X on the 10th November.
Convoy William Sail 12X continued with six American troopships, two cruisers, eight destroyers and the aircraft carrier Ranger, the Convoy William Sail 12X was under way, destination still unknown.
Convoy William Sail 12X
Above Photo supplied by the late Maurice Rooney
Detailed Account by Thomas M. Allison
A reproduction of an account by Thomas M. Allison who is understood to be serving as an American Naval officer in the convoy.
Aircraft
Vought SB 2U Vindicator Scout Bomber - USS Ranger which was flying an Anti Submarine patrol over the convoy.
Ships Front Line, Top to Bottom:-
USS West Point - USS Mount Vernon - USS Wakefield - USS Quincy (Heavy Cruiser)
Ships Back Line Top to Bottom:-
USAT Leonard Wood - USS Vincennes (Heavy Cruiser) - USS Joseph T Dickma
At Bombay the Royal Army Ordnance Corps boarded the Empress of Asia.
Left Bombay in Empress of Asia for Singapore.
1942/02/05 - Just before reaching Singapore the ship was under attack by Japanese planes and suffered casualties and severe damage.
Bill was a driver to Major Outwin of the REME.
1942/02/15 - Singapore surrendered to the Japanese
1942/03/27 - WO 417/40, Casualty List No. 782. Reported ‘Missing’.
1943/10/22 - WO 417/67, Casualty List No. 1271. Previously reported Missing on Casualty List No. 782, 15/02/1942. Now reported a ‘Prisoner of War’.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index card - Side two
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Camp
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Commander
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1942/02/15
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Changi, Singapore
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Major Beckworth-Smith
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1942/05/09
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Thompson Road, Singapore
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Major Lonoden. R.A.O.C.
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1942/12
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Saragoon Road, Singapore
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1943/03/20
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Transported overland to Thailand
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Lt-Col. G. G. Carpenter
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In ‘D’ Force, train 34
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Lt-Col. McEachern
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New PoW No. 3083
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1943/03/27
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Arrived Thailand
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1943/06
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Kanchanaburi, Thailand
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Capt. Rennock
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1943/06/06
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Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Sub Con. Wild, R.A.O.C.
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New PoW No. 11725
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1944/10/28
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PoW Escape at Chiang Mai:-
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F.A.H. Bellringer, T/118234, Corporal, RASC, 198 Fld. Amb. - Shot 1944/11/16, Buried Chungkai
J.E. Soulby, 3599887, Sergeant, REME - Shot 1944/11/16, Buried Chungkai
C.S. Ponton, 3597112, Sergeant, Border Regiment, 2nd Bat. - Shot 1944/11/27, Buried Chunkai
A. Rennie, 2979984, Corporal, Argyll & Sutherland Hlds - Shot 1944/11/27, Buried Chungkai
T.B. Bingham, 3597187, WO1, RIAOC, Shot in arm but survived.
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Date
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Camp
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Commander
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Lampang, Thailand
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Sub Con. Wild, R.A.O.C.
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1945/08/08
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Takuri, Thailand
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RSM Smith
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1945/08/30 - Liberated Takura (Takhli), Thailand
Flown from Bangkok to Rangoon.
1945/10/02 - Repatriated S.S. Chitral from Rangoon
Sailed via Columbo, Suez Canal and Mediterranean
1945/10/28 - Berthed at Southampton
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Far East Medals
Died
19th January 1965
Information
John Moses
Convoy William Sail 12X
Fall of Malaya and Singapore
Thailand Burma Railway
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
KEW:- WO 361/2172, WO 392/25, WO 345/37, WO 361/1955, WO 361/2196, WO 361/2062, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2181, WO 367/3, WO 361/2070,
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