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Pte. James Reginald Colclough
British Army 4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment
from:London
James was in the following camps:
1. Changi - the POW Camp.
2. Ban Pong - first transit camp on the Railway.
3. Chungkai - Group 2 main base camp and Hospital
4. Jungle Springs - possibly Tonchan Springs
5. Tha Khannun
6. Nakhon Pathom - main Hospital in Thailand.
7. Harbour Camp - Bangkok Docks
POW Numbers
4257 - his number in Singapore.
3890 - his original number in Thailand.
4697 - a new number given to him in Thailand.
He left Changi, Singapore on 31/10/42. This would have been as part of R Party (18th Div) under the command of Lt-Col. A.A.Johnson, 4th Suffolk Regt.
He arrived at the Work Group 2 Camp on 7/11/42, which would have been via Ban Pong.
He was transferred to the second annex of the POW Camp in Thailand.
He was handed over to the Allied Powers in Bangkok, Lt-Col.C.A.McEachern, Royal Australian Artillery, he was the Australian Senior Officer on the Thai-Burma Railway.