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S/5681568
Private
Leslie George Rundle
1909/01/12 - Born Tollworth, Surrey
Son of George and Maria Rundle
Husband of Winifred Elizabeth Rundle
Occupation Regular Army
Royal Army Service Corps
29 CMTD
1942/04/04 - WO 417/41, Casualty List No. 789. Missing
1943/12/01 - WO 417/69, Casualty List No. 1305. Previously posted Missing now reported Prisoner of War.
Japanese PoW
1942/03/17 - Captured Paula Batam, Sumatra
PoW No. III 3422
Work Group 3
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/05/09 - The British Sumatra Battalion was formed with 20 officers and 480 other ranks. The service personnel were mostly escapees and considered to be trouble makers.
Leaving Padang, Sumatra by train they travelled to Fort de Kok. The next day a convoy of lorries took them to Uni Kampong Camp, where Dutch civilians were interned.
1942/05/15 - The British Sumatra Battalion were packed into the hell ship ‘England Maru’ bound for Mergui, Burma, to build new runways, the death rate at Mergui was twelve.
The 10th of August saw another move on the hell ship Tatu Maru to Ann Hestletine Home at Tavoy, where the death rate fell to five.
New PoW No.13961
The next move to Thanbyuzayat in November was the start of a hard toil on the Thailand to Burma railway, the death rate being:-
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Burma
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Thanbyuzayat
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14
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18 Kilometer Camp
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1
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30 Kilometer Camp
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6
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55 Kilometer Camp
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20
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60 Kilometer Camp
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16
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84 Kilometer Camp
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1
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105 Kilometer Camp
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1
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114 Kilometer Camp
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39
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Died
Age 34
1943/12/03
114 km Camp, Chaunggahla-ya
Cause of Death Malnutrition, Beriberi and Dysentery
Buried:- Grave 3, 114 km Camp, Burma
British section (Old) Cemetery
(After the war those who had died were reburied in Commonwealth War Graves)
1944/08/31 - WO417/80, Casualty List No. 1539. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 1305 as reported Prisoner of War in Japanese Hands. Died
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Loved Ones
Son of George S. Rundle and Maria Rundle
Husband of Winifred Elizabeth Rundle, of Tolworth. Surrey.
Memorial
B4. R. 11.
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma (Myanmar)
FOR EVER IN MY THOUGHTS. WIN
Information
Jeanne Kelly
Japanese Transport
Thailand Burma Railway
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
‘The British Sumatra Battalion’ - Book by A.A. Apthorp
KEW Files:- WO 361/2172, WO 361/1623, WO 361/1987, WO 361/2168, WO 361/1529, WO 361/1525, WO 361/2053, WO 392/26, WO 345/45, WO 361/1112, WO 361/1955, WO 361/2192,
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