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S/5259442
Private
Bernard Philip Pearce
1908/03/20 - Born Fareham, Hampshire
Son of Henry and Emmeline Pearce
Occupation Outfitters Manager
Royal Army Service Corps
42nd Field Park Company
Supply Personnel Section
1942/04/03 - WO 417/41, Casualty List No. 788. Reported Missing
1943/06/14 - WO 417/62, Casualty List No. 1160. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 788 as Missing, 15/02/1942. Now a PoW
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
PoW No. I 4962
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/05/13 - Transported overland to Thailand in ‘H’ Force
80th train from Singapore to Thailand
Commander Lt-Col. R.R. Humphries, RA, 77 H.A.A. Regiment
New PoW No. V 8451
1943/06/21 - Kanu Jungle Camp, Thailand
1943/08/05 - Admitted to hospital Hintok River Camp
1943/08/07 - Died from Cholera
Died
7th August 1943
Cause of Death Cholera at Hintok River Camp
Buried Grave 20, 5/6A Cemetery
After the war Bernard was buried in a Commonwealth Cemetery
1945/12/10 - WO417/100, Casualty List No. 1932. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 1914 and No. 1160 as reported Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Malaya. Name correction. Died
Loved Ones
Son of Henry F. Pearce and Emmeline L. Pearce, of Fareham, Hampshire
Memorial
9. J. 10.
Chungkai War Cemetery
Information
Angela Skelcher
Japanese Transports
Thailand-Burma Railway
KEW:- WO 361/1633, WO 361/1631/1, WO 361/1633/2, WO 361/2053, WO 345/40, WO 367/3, WO 361/1948, WO 361/2063, WO 361/2070, WO 361/2233, WO 361/1504, WO 361/2234,
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