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T/3656999
Lance Corporal
Francis Louis Carroll
Known as Louis
1917/12/01 - Born Blackpool
Son of Austen Thomas and Alice Carroll
Next of Kin Wife, Dorothy, Holly Street, Droylsdon, Lancashire
Royal Army Service Corps
‘K’ Transport
Service
1940/01/15 - Enlisted
1942/03/30 - WO 417/40, Casualty List No. 784. Reported ‘Missing’.
1943/03/27 - WO 417/58, Casualty List No. 1094. Reported ‘Missing’.
1945/02/06 - WO417/88.1, Casualty List No. 1674. Previously reported Missing on 01/2?/194?. Correction to previous Casualty List - both List No. 1180 and 1094 referred to in original source. Rank should read Lance Corporal. Reported a ‘Prisoner of War’.
1945/12/17 - WO417/100, Casualty List No. 1938. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 1180 (Corrected by No. 1674) as reported Prisoner of War now Not Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Netherlands East Indies.
Japanese PoW
1942/03/08 - Captured Java
PoW No. J-477
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/11/07 - Departed Java with Java Party 19
Sailed 2097 PoWs
1943/11/10 - Arrived Palembang
New PoW No. II 2745
Camp Leader Lt-Col. Holmes
Work involved construction of two local airfields
In mid 1945 moved to Singapore
1945/05/30 - Arrived Changi
1942/09/02 - Liberated Singapore
1942/09/05 - On Changi Roll.
Liberation Questionnaire as filled in by Loiis after being liberated
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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
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Information
Recollections of War
Java Index
FEPOW Family
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
KEW Files:- WO 361/2219, WO 392/23, WO 361/2002, WO 361/1946, WO 345/9, WO 361/2229,
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