| Notes: | CMP. POW. Singapore Fortress Pro Coy. Enlisted in the Manchester Regiment. 26/3/41 Transferred to CMP. 31/7/43 Died. He was born in Salford and resided in Manchester. Captured Singapore 15/2/42. No inscription on grave panel. Died Hintock River Camp, Thailand 31/7/43 from Cholera, Cutts Papers.
Information from Japanese POW Index Card: POW No. 655 (old) and V8201 (new), born 4/3/1914, Nationality British, No. 2526857, rank Lance Corporal, unit Corps of Military Police, captured 15/1/1942 at Singapore, place of origin: 114 St Stephen Street, Salford, Lancashire, mother Mary Oldham, 175 Harcourt Road, Blackpool, No. 3526857, civil occupation coal hawker.
He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 37645, Oldham, James, 3526857, Army, captured 15/2/1942, died 31/7/1943, camp MA, Malaya, Deceased. He is listed on Death Certificate: Oldham, James, Pte, 3526857, died 31/7/1943 from Cholera, Buried,. He is listed on Thailand Camp Roll: Oldham, James, James, Army, L/Cpl new POW No. 8201, old POW No.i/4821, 3526857.
Casualty List 765 Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1155, Malaya, previously posted missing now reported POW, previous List 765, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1930, POW, previously reported POW now reported died, date of death 31/7/1943, previous List 1155, Malaya.
James Charles Oldham. |
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