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Major
Leslie Frank Rawlinson Slater
1901/11/14 - Born Derby
1902 - Baptised
Son of Henry and Hannah Slater, Derby
Brother to Dorothy Annie, Eric Roland, Noel Levi George and Lyndon Henry
1905 - St. James Infant School, Derby
1908 - Peartree Mixed School, Derby
1921 Census - Sapper, Royal Engineers, Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham
1931 - Married Annie Stanley, at Derby St. Peter in Derby
1932, December - Frank and Annie were blessed with daughter Patricia
Next of Kin Mrs Annie. Slater, Derwent Road, Derby
Royal Engineers
3 Corps
Service
Made a Temporary Major while serving in Singapore.
Wife Annie and Daughter Patricia were evacuated to Australia before Singapore fell.
1942/02/15 - Singapore surrendered to the Japanese.
1942/04/21 - WO 417/3, Casualty List No. 803. Reported ‘Missing’.
1942/11/25 - WO417/003, Casualty List No. 990. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 803 as Missing 15/02/1942 with rank as Acting Major. Now reported a ‘Prisoner of War’.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/08/16 - Special Party Oversea in England Maru 2 to Taiwan
The party consisted of High Ranking Officers.
Consisting of 378 British and 22 Australians
1942/08/27 - Arrived Taiwan
Taken to Heito Camp
PoW No, III 354
1942/11/20 - Transported from Taiwan in Dainichi Maru to Moji, Japan
1942/11/28 - Departed for Tokyo 2B, Japan, Yokahama (on roll)
Worked Ship yard labour and ship construction.
1943/08/01 - Renamed Tokyo 1D (Yokahama)
1943/08/02 - Departed Camp Tokyo 1D
1943/08/03 - Arrived Zentsuji Camp (Hiroshima 1B) (on roll)
Work was Stevedores at Sakaide Rail Yards and the Port of Takamatsu (Nippon Express Co.)
1944/05/23 - Taken ill at Zentsuji Camp
1944/07/09 - Died at 9.53 in the evening due to a stomach ulcer, cremated,
Ashes buried Kagawa Prefecture Zentsuji Army Cemetery
Died
Age 42
When the Japanese Surrendered
Leslie’s ashes had been taken to Yokohama, Japan and the HMS Newfoundland took Leslie’s ashes to Sydney, where they are buried
Loved Ones
Son of Henry and Hannah Slater, of Derby, England
Husband of Annie Slater, of Derby
Memorial
2Z. C. 5.
Sydney War Cemetery
Australia
I OFT-TIMES THINK OF YOU OF THINGS YOU USED TO DO I WONDER WHY YOU HAD TO DIE WITHOUT A LAST GOOD-BYE
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Far East Medals
Information
Benn Chapman Slater
Tim Lloyds
Glenda Godfrey
DX Tan
Fall of Malaya and Singapore
Never Forgotten
Roger Mansell’s Site
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
KEW Files:- WO 304/19, WO 361/2019, WO 361/1707, WO417/9, WO 392/26, WO 304/19, WO 345/47, WO 361/1707, WO392/26, WO 361/2053, WO 361/2091,
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