| Notes: | CMP. POW. Formerly King's own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He was born in Yorkshire and resided in Doncaster. He is shown as having served in the Royal Artillery in the Army Roll of Honour but his number is KOYLI. Inscription on grave panel: Days and years go quickly by, but our thoughts of you will never die. Captured 15/2/1942 Singapore. Died whilst a POW. Died in camp hospital Kuching fro TB.
Info from Japanese POW index card: Joseph Bell, Born 26/2/1914 at Featherstone, Yorkshire, occupation Miner, home address: 301 Hullenby Crescent, Doncaster, Yorkshire, mother Elsie.
He is named on List of British POW's held in Japan or Japanese Territory: 3566, Bell, Joseph, L/Cpl, 4680391, Army, captured 15/2/1942, liberated no record, camp BO, Borneo. He is named on Death Certificate: 4680391, CMP, Bell, Joseph, POW No. 3316, Male, English, L/Cpl, died from TB, contracted 28/11/1943, Died 14/6/1945 at PW Hospital Kutching, dated 14/6/1945.
Casualty List 765 Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 945, Malaya, POW previously shown on List 765 as missing, amended CL1597/29. Casualty List 1199, List 945, Malaya, POW previously reported missing on List 765 as missing, rank & No should read U/A/A/L/Cpl, 4680391. Casualty List 1597, Malaya, previous list 945 corrected by 1199, 765, POW previously reported missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1918, POW, previously reported POW now reported Died 14/6/1945, previous List 945 (corrected by List 1199 & 1597.
Shown on List Personal Effects - British Deceased, also Far East POW List, camp BO also hospital card: disease TB, date of contracting disease 28/11/1943, date died 14/6/1945, place PW Camp Hospital Kitching. Also Death Index Book 1 and List Nominal Roll of overseas party, 26/3/1943, Kutching and List compiled from Japanese death certificates.
Joseph Bell. |
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