13396 Private Norman Cuthbert BROWN, 1st (Singapore Vol Corps) Bn. Straits Settlement: 19/06/1945

Remembering Today

Casualty
Private BROWN, NORMAN CUTHBERT
Service Number 13396
Died 19/06/1945
Aged 31
1st (Singapore Volunteer Corps) Bn., Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
Son of Cuthbert and Nora Brown, of Sanderstead, Surrey.
Buried at LABUAN WAR CEMETERY
Location: Malaysia
Number of casualties: 1791
Cemetery/memorial reference: S. E. 2.

 

Great Britain, Select Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988
Name: Norman Cuthbert Brown
Death Date: 19 Jun 1945
Death Place: Kuching
FHL Film Number: 1937698
Reference ID: Reg M1, Fol 62, #368

UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969
Name: Private Norman Cuthbert Brown
Death Date: 19 Jun 1945
Death Place: Kuching, Malaysia
Event Type: Death
Piece Description: RG 33: Foreign Registers and Returns, 1627-1960


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Burial records held by the National Archives of Australia show that he died here:


Batu Lintang camp (also known as Lintang Barracks and Kuching POW camp) at Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo.


It housed both Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian internees. The camp, which operated from March 1942 until the liberation of the camp in September 1945, was housed in buildings that were originally British Indian Army barracks.


Of the approximately 2000 British POWs held there, over two-thirds died during or as a result of their captivity.


After liberation the bodies were exhumed from the cemetery and sent to Labuan for reburial in a central military cemetery there.

 

Marriages Sep 1909
BROWN, Cuthbert - Cuckfield - 2b 342
BLABER, Nora - Cuckfield - 2b 342

1911 Census
Dunelm, Edgar Rd, Sanderstead, Surrey
Cuthbert Brown 33 Assistant Buyer Manager In Wine Dept Of Catering Firm
Nora Brown 31
Beryl Margaret Brown 5m
Emily Louie Dedman 18

Births Dec 1914
BROWN, Norman C - Blaber - Croydon - 2a 415

Name: Cuthbert Brown
Birth Date: abt 1877
Enlistment Age: 38
Document Year: 1915
Residence Place: Shirley, Purley Downs Rd, Purley
Regimental Number: 329512
Regiment Name: Army Service Corps (Canteens)
Rank: Sergeant

A big lad:



1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
67 Purley Downs Road, Coulsdon and Purley U.D., Surrey
NAME DOB OCCUPATION
Cuthbert Brown 14 Nov 1877 Manager, Wine Buyer For Catering Firm
Nora Brown 09 Dec 1879 Unpaid Domestic Duties
Beryl M Brown 28 Oct 1910 Secretary To Petroleum Co.

Cuthbert died 9 Apr 1941