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Gunner
James P McNulty Rooney
1917/05/01 - Born Glasgow (date on Card shown as 1912/08/29)
Occupation - Motor Mechanic
Royal Artillery
29/3 HAA
Service
1935 - Enlisted Royal Scots Grey as a trooper in Glasgow
Greys moved to Aldershot, England where he qualified as driver
1937 - Transported to Egypt
Posted to 29/3 heavy ack-ack unit
Transported through the Suez Canel to Singapore
Arrived in Singapore and
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
Japanese PoW
PoW No. 14539
1942/04/04 - Transported over sea with 1100 PoW’s in the Nissyo Maru to Saigon, French Indo China (Vietnam) under Lt-Col F. E. Hugonin
1943/06/22 - Transported to Thailand to join Group IV
New PoW No. 13851
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side 2
Camps in Thailand:-
1943/06 - Kinsaiyok No. 2 Camp (171km from Nong Pladuc)
Tarsao Hospital (125km from Nong Pladuc)
1944/4 - Tha Muang (39km from Nong Pladuc) this was the base camp at the end of the railway construction (Camp Commander Col. A.E Knights, 4th Royal Norfolks)(Awarded an OBE post war). The PoWs who remained here were to service and repair the railway
1945/09 - Kanchanaburi Hospital (50km from Nong Pladuc)
Liberated 1945/09/09
Post War
Discharged from Army. Married Sheila in Scotland. Lived Edinburgh and worked at the GPO. Then emigrated to Australia.
Interview Anzac Day 2012
Information:-
Britain at War:-
http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/WW2/Death_Railway/index.htm
http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/WW2/Hell_Ships/html/departure_database_7.htm
KEW:- WO 361/2172, WO 361/2169, WO 392/26, WO 361/1987
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