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155599
Lieutenant
William Dobson Murphy
1916/09/15 - Born Edinburgh, Scotland
Son of Lena Murphy
Occupation Police Officer
Royal Corps of Signals
South Area Signals
1942/03/06 - WO417/2, Casualty List No.764. Missing.
1942/12/16 - WO417/004, Casualty List No. 1008. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 764 as Missing, 15/02/1942. Now a Prisoner of War.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
Changi Camp
PoW No. 366
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/25 - Transported overland to Thailand in Letter Party ‘X’
With 649 PoWs - Southern Area Signals 15 Officers, 98 Ordinary Ranks
17th train from Singapore to Thailand
Commander Lt-Col. C.E. Morrison, Leicestershire Regiment, 1st Battalion
1942/11/01 - Arrived Ban Pong
New PoW. No. II 2500
Work Party 2
1943/10/ - Lines met near Konkoita, Thailand
New PoW No. II 1143
1943/09/04 - Liberated Thailand
1945/09/26 - WO417/9, Casualty List No. 1868. Previously reported on Casualty List No. 1008 as Prisoner of War now Not Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Malaya.
Information
Fiona Karsberg - Daughter
Japanese Transports
Thailand-Burma Railway
KEW Files:- WO 392/25, WO 345/37, WO 361/1954, WO 361/1979, WO 361/2196, WO 361/2167, WO 361/2167, WO 361/2069, WO 361/2190,
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