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Signalman
Edward Thomas Peak
1920/12/29 - Born Tottenham, London
Son of Edward and Mary Peak
Occupation Automatic Machine Inspector
1941/03/06 - Enlisted
Royal Corps of Signals
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.
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
1942/05/08 - WO 417/43, Casualty List No. 818. Missing.
1943/06/12 - WO 417/62, Casualty List No. 1159. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 818 as Missing, 15/02/1942. Now a Prisoner of War.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
Changi Camp
Commander Major Moore
PoW No. M-4961
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/03/20 - Transported overland to Thailand with ‘D’ Force, Train 6
54th Train from Singapore to Thailand
Commander G.G. Carpenter, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
New PoW No. I 27459
Non Pladuk No. 1, Thailand
Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Non Pladuk, Thailand (Commander Lt-Col. Toosey)
1944/09 - Transported overland back to Singapore
1944/09/27 - River Valley Camp Lt-Col. Gill
1945/02/02 - Transported Oversea to Saigon, French Indo-China in the Haruyasa Maru
2539 PoWs (1593 British, 200 Australians, 737 Dutch)
1945/02/09 - Arrived Saigon, Camp 10
Commander Lt-Col. Gill
New PoW No. I 43808
Camp 10 was situated on the Rue Catinat, which was a main thoroughfare between the native quarter and the French quarter. The huts were of timber construction except for the hospital which was of bamboo structure with an attapi roof. All the huts had electric light.
Rice was still their main diet but they now received meat twice a week and eggs to buy in the canteen, within no time their weight improved.
1945/09/12 - Liberated Saigon Camp 10
Flown via Bangkok to Rangoon Hospital
1945/10/10 - WO417/98, Casualty List No. 1880. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 1159 as reported Prisoner of War now Not Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Malaya.
Died
Age 99
May 2020
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Bruce Peak
Andrew Snow
KEW Files:- WO 361/2022, WO 392/25, WO 345/40, WO 367/3, WO 361/2005, WO 361/2001, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2063, WO 361/2070, WO 361/2190,
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