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21st Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
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Want to know more about 21st Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery? There are:441 items tagged 21st Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery available in our Library
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Crfmn. Arthur Copley 21st LAA Regiment Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (d.1st Oct 1944) Arthur Copley was captured on 8th of March 1942 at Garot, Java
He departed Java on the ship Nagara Maru, on 22nd of September 1942 to Singapore, he was on Java party no 2.
He departed Singapore on the ship Hiteru Maru on 9th of October 1942 to Borneo from there he was at Sandakan camp.
He died on or shortly after 1st of October 1944 in Borneo
Arthur Copley was my great uncle.
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Gnr. John Webb 21st Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, 69th Bty. Royal Artillery (d.3rd December 1942) John Webb served with the 21st Light Anti Aircraft Regiment 69th Battery, Royal Artillery in WW2. He joined up on 1st of September 1939 and was wounded and captured on 20th of March 1942 in the Netherlands East Indies.
Jack was sent to a Japanese POW Camp, Fukuoka 5158 where he died on 3rd of December 1942.
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Gnr. James Orr HQ 21lth Light Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (d.7th December 1942 ) James Orr is my maternal uncle. He became a prisoner of the Japanese when ordered to lay down arms in March 1942 after the surrender of Java. As far as is known, he was originally destined for the Desert war, but on arrival in Capetown, the Japanese having bombed Pearl harbour etc, they were ordered on to Singapore for the defence there, then on to Batavia in Java.
He was part of a detail of soldiers destined for Hakodate as slave labour, and was transported to Japan in what became known as the Hellships, because of the conditions on board the men suffered. Many died en route, and James was too sick to be moved on, so was placed in the so called military hospital (Kokura Military Hospital Japan) where he died shortly after his arrival. He was 28years old and left behind a wife and two very young children.
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Gnr. Albert Reginald Pearson 21st L.A.A. Regiment Royal Artillery (d.22nd Nov 1942) Albert Pearson died at sea on the Shonan Maru as a POW.
His name is carved on the Commonwealth War Graves Memorial in Singapore.
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