| Notes: | CMP. POW. 18 Div Pro Coy. He was born and resided in Essex and enlisted in to CMP. Captured Singapore 15/2/1942. Name spelt Sherring in original CWGC Roll. Died of Beri Beri 6/11/1943 at Kami Sonkrai, Thailand. Home address: Mrs J E Shearing, Verwood, Broomfield, Chelmsford, Essex.
Info from Japanese POW index card: John Elliott Shearing, 22/9/1920 born Colchester, Essex, address: Mrs Beryl Edwina Shearing, School Lane, Broomfield, Essex, occupation Clerk, father George, mother Margaret.
He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 45287, Shearing, John Elliott, L/cpl, 7684606, captured 15/2/1942, died 6/11/1943, camp MA, Malaya, deceased. He is listed on Malaya POW Camp Roll: Shearing, John Elliott, Army, L/Cpl, new POW No. IV 9621, old POW No. i/5640, 7684606, 6/11/18. He is listed on POW who died of illness in Malaya Camp: 6, L/Cpl, John Elliott Shearing, 7684606, died 6/11/1943 from Beri Beri, he was cremated.
Casualty List 792, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1160, Malaya previously posted missing now reported POW, previous List 792, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1905, POW now reported died, previous list 1160, Malaya, died 6/11/1943.
John Elliott Shearing.
Extract from Chelmsford Chronicle, 23/7/48. THESE ARE THE GALLANT STORIES BEHIND A MEMORIAL WINDOW.
So too, are John Shearing another Scoutmaster, who joined the Corps of Military Police and died while working on the Railway of Death in Siam. |
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