847494 John Wesley JACKS, 7 Coast Regiment RA : FEPOW

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  1. Andrew Rowley

    Andrew Rowley Member

    thanks Tim, try these two pages
     

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  2. timuk

    timuk Well-Known Member

    It appears that a page of the B103 is missing. From the other documents I have come up with the following interpretation:
    17/02/11 Born
    14/06/35 Attested and enlisted in RA at Wolverhampton. Age: 24. Occupation: Miner
    19/06/35 Posted Depot Brigade RA as Gunner
    22/06/35 Posted 2nd Training Brigade RA
    23/10/35 Posted 19 Bty 2nd Heavy Brigade
    23/10/37 Posted 13 Bty 4th Medium Brigade
    04/12/37 Arrives Singapore/Malaya and posted 8th Hong Kong and Singapore Heavy Battery (this was part of 11th Coast Rgt). 11th Coast Regiment were at Penang.
    14/07/39 Appointed Paid Lance Bombadier (P/L/Bdr)
    07/06/41 Reverts to Gunner
    18/12/41 Posted to 31 Bty 7th Coast Regt (due to 11th Coast abandoning Penang and returning to Singapore Island)
    15/02/42 Captured at Fall of Singapore and posted 'Missing'
    16/02/42 Posted 'POW'
    25/11/45 Repatriated and arrives UK. Posted to Y List. (Y List is for unallocated servicemen repatriated as sick, wounded or ex-POW).

    Tim
     
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