| Notes: | POW. He was born in Ayrshire and resided in Burnley and enlisted in the 2 Loyal Regiment, attached to CMP He died on the Japanese ship Karchidoki Maru off the Coast of China on its way to Japan. The ship was sunk by the USS Submarine Pamapanito. 244 POW's drowned and 656 survived. Name shown as Dickinson on the CWGC roll and regiment Loyal Regiment.
Info from Japanese POW index card: Alexander Dickenson. Born 1/1/1915 at Stevenson, Scotland, occupation Scholar, home address: Sister Miss E Dickenson, 139 Accrington Road, Burnley, Lancashire, father William, mother Elizabeth. Unit shown as Corps of Military Police on this card and name spelt Dickenson.
Named on roll of POW's sent to Japan from Thailand: Dickenson A, Army, L/Cpl, new POW No. IV 41111, old POW No. IV5821, 3854774. Named on List British POW missing due to transport ship being Sunk: 11, L/cpl, Alexander Dickenson, 3854774. Named on list for 4 Group Working Party.
Casualty List 780, Malaya, Missing, 2 Loyal Regiment, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1655, Malaya previously reported missing now reported POW in Japanese hands, Thailand, previous List 580, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1711, 2 Loyal Regiment, at Sea, previously reported POW in Japanese hands, Malaya now reported missing, previous List 1655, date not reported. Casualty List 1952, At Sea, 2 Loyal Regiment, previously reported missing whilst POW date not reported, now presumed killed in action whilst POW.
He is shown in a list for British 4 Group (working party) as CMP.
CWGC Roll he is shown as Loyal Regiment and CMP on Japanese POW Index Card.
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