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Pte William Herbert Watkins
Federated Malay States Volunteer Force Perak
from:Victoria Australia
Mining engineer and dredge assistant with Tongkah Harbour Tin Limited, Bidor, Malaya.
Captured by Japanese with his brother-in-law Gordon Fleming and both transferred to Changi.
Relocated to Malai Camps, worked on the Thai Burma Railroad.
Survived the war and returned to Australia.