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Those known to have been held in or employed at
Chungkai POW Camp, Thailand
during the Second World War 1939-1945.
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Want to know more about Chungkai POW Camp, Thailand?
There are:-1 items tagged Chungkai POW Camp, Thailand available in our Library
These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War.
Pte. William Douglas Haylock 1st Btn. Cambridgeshire Regiment
William Haylock arrived in Singapore days before it fell. He was taken prisoner. Camps included Ban Pong, Chungkai, Kinsayo, Kanburi, Nong Pladuk, Singapore and Saigon, working on the death railway throughout his capture.
Pte. George Sidney Tubb 5th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
My granddad George Tubb was in Singapore in 1942 when the British Army surrendered to the Japanese. He was imprisoned first in Changi, then in Chungkai, and he worked on the Burma Death Railroad.He never spoke about his time in captivity, but he was a very happy man. It wasn't until he died in 1999 that my aunt found a lot of his momentoes and maps that he kept. He lost a lot of his comrades while in POW camps and was lucky to survive.
Steve Tubb
Pte. James Reginald Colclough 4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment
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.
Colin Colclough
Pte. William Douglas Haylock 1st Btn. Cambridgeshire Regiment
William Haylock arrived in Singapore days before it fell. He was taken prisoner. Camps included Ban Pong, Chungkai, Kinsayo, Kanburi, Nong Pladuk, Singapore and Saigon, working on the death railway throughout his capture.
Pte. George Sidney Tubb 5th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
My granddad George Tubb was in Singapore in 1942 when the British Army surrendered to the Japanese. He was imprisoned first in Changi, then in Chungkai, and he worked on the Burma Death Railroad.He never spoke about his time in captivity, but he was a very happy man. It wasn't until he died in 1999 that my aunt found a lot of his momentoes and maps that he kept. He lost a lot of his comrades while in POW camps and was lucky to survive.
Steve Tubb
Pte. James Reginald Colclough 4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment
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.
Colin Colclough
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