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888576
Signalman
Frederick Albert Charles Gay

1916/06/07 - Born Chewton Keynsham, Somerset
Son of Albert Edward and Edith Annie Gay
Elder Brother to Lillian and Phyliss
Next of Kin Parents, Albert Edward and Edith Annie Gay, Gables, Compton Dando, Bristol
Royal Corps of Signals
28th Wing Section
Attached to 6 Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment
Service
1939/04/12 - Enlisted
1942/05/07 - WO 417/43, Casualty List No. 817. Reported ‘Missing’.
1942/09/16 - WO 417/50, Correction to entry on Casualty List No. 817. The entry should be deleted. Listed in error. Reported ‘Missing’.
1943/03/15 - WO 417/58, Casualty List No. 1083. Reported ‘Missing’.
1943/07/09 - WO 417/63, Casualty List No.1182. Previously shown on Casualty List No.1083 as Missing, 01/02/1943. Now reported a ‘Prisoner of War’.
1945/11/13 - WO417/99, Casualty List No. 1909. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 1182 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-3405
1942/April - Glodok Jail
1942/May - Tanjung Priok
1943/April - Cycle Camp
Japanese Index Card - Side One

Japanese Index Card - Side Two

1943/11/07 - Departed Java with Java Party 19
With 2097 PoW
1943/11/10 - Arrived Palembang
Pangkalan Balei (outskirts of Palembang)
New PoW No. II 4657
Camp Leader Lt-Col. Holmes
1945/05/30 - Arrived Changi
Camp Leader Lt-Col. Holmes
1945/May - Adam Road
1945/09/02 - Liberated
Liberation Questionnaire as filled in by Frederick 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 361/1947, WO 361/2219, WO 392/24, WO 361/2002, WO 361/2189. WO 345.19,
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