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Sapper
Alexander Smith Ness
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1910/08/24 - Born Dundee
Son of William and Mary Ness
1940/01/16 - Enlisted
Royal Engineers
560 Field Company
18th Division
Service
1941/10/30 - Left Liverpool for Halifax in Convoy CT.5.
1941/11/08 - At Halifax transferred to American liners
1941/11/10 - Left Halifax with Convoy William Sail 12X, destination unknown, believed to be Middle East.
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Above Photo of Convoy William Sail 12X supplied by the late Maurice Rooney
Vought SB 2U Vindicator Scout Bomber - USS Ranger which was flying an Anti Submarine patrol over the convoy.
Front Line Top to Bottom:-
USS West Point - USS Mount Vernon - USS Wakefield - USS Quincy (Heavy Cruiser)
Back Row Top To Bottom:-
USAT Leonard Wood - USS Vincennes (Heavy Cruiser) - USS Joseph T Dickman
(USS Orizaba Ap-24 also sailed with Convoy though not pictured in photo)
1941/12/08 - Japan entered war by bombing Pearl Harbour and invading Malaya
18th Division diverted from Middle East and sent to Singapore
1942/02/15 - Singapore surrendered to Japanese
1942/04/09 - WO 417/41, Casualty List No. 793. Missing.
1943/09/20 - WO 417/66, Casualty List No 1243. Previously posted on Casualty List No 793 as Missing now reported Prisoner of War.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
1942/02/17 - Chamgi, Singapore
PoW No. M-5641
1943/03/15 - River Valley, Singapore
1942/12/24 - Changi, Singapore
Japanese Index Card - Side One
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Japanese Index Card - Side Two
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1943/03/23 - Transported overland with ‘D’ Force to Thailand
57th Train from Singapore to Thailand
Commander Lt-Col. G.G. Carpenter, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
1943/03/27 - Arrived Ban Pong, Thailand
New PoW No. IV 15297
Camps:-
Non Pladuk
1944/08/24 - Tha Muang
1945/02/20 - Nakam Nai
New PoW No. 11934
1945/08/30 - Liberated Thailand
1945/11/08 - WO417/99, Casualty List No. 1905. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 1243 as reported 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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Information
Keith Ness - Grandson
Convoy William Sail 12X
Japanese Transports
Thailand Burma Railway
Liberation Questionnaire - COFEPOW
KEW Files:- WO 361/2170, WO 361/2172, WO 392/25, WO 345/38, WO 361/1955, WO 361/2196, WO 361/2166, WO 361/2166, WO 361/2191, WO 361/2070,
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