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S/13040758
Smith
Percy Victor Smith
1915/11/17 - Born London
Son of Louise Alice May Smith
Occupation Buyer Building Materials
1941/05/23 - Enlisted
Royal Army Service Corps
29 Combined Motor Transport Depot
1942/04/04 - Casualty List No. 789. Missing.
1943/09/22 - WO 417/66, Casualty List No 1245. Previously posted on Casualty List No 789 as Missing now reported Prisoner of War.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
PoW No. M-337
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/25 - Transported overland with ‘X’ Letter Party to Thailand
650 PoW in group
17th Train from Singapore to Thailand
Commander Lt-Col. C.E. Morrison, 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
1942/11/01 - Arrived Ban Pong, Thailand
New PoW No. I 24745
1943/01/07 - Percy was sent to Chungkai, Thailand and remained there until 7 April 1943.
1943/10 - Lines joined at Konkoita
Stayed on as railway line maintenance workers
New PoW No. I 14854
1945/08/30 - Liberated Thailand
1945/09/25 - WO417/97_1, Casualty List No. 1867. Previously reported on Casualty List No. 1205 as Prisoner of War now not Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Malaya.
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Jean Birch - Sergeant George Priestman
Japanese Transports
Thailand Burma Railaway
Liberation Questionnaire
KEW Files:- WO 361/2172, WO 345/48, WO 361/1955, WO 361/2196, WO 361/2064, WO 361/2165, WO 361/2069, WO 392/26
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