| Notes: | CMP. POW. 18 Div Pro Coy. Enlisted in the East Lancashire Regiment, 3/8/40 Transferred to CMP. 7/8/43 Died. He was born and resided in Belfast. Captured as Singapore 15/2/1942. Died from diarrhoea 7/8/1943 at Sonkrai, Thailand. Home address: Mrs R Thompson, 27 Cumberland Street, Belfast.
Info from Japanese POW index card: Samuel Edgar Thompson, 27/7/1907 born Belfast, Northern Ireland, address: Mrs Rebecca Thompson, 27 Cumberland Street, Belfast. occupation Clerk, mother Rebecca.
He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 50197, Thomson, Samuel E, Cpl, 3382573, Army, captured 15/2/1942, died 7/8/1943, Camp MA, Malaya, deceased. He is listed on Malaya POW Camp Roll: Thomson, Samuel Edgar, Army, Cpl, new POW No. IV 10548, old POW No. i/6135, 3382573, 7/8/15. He is listed on the Sonkrai POW Camp List: 3387573, Cpl Thompson, S E, CMP 18 Div, died 7/8/1943/He is listed on the Thailand Burma Railway Camps death register, "F" & "H" Force: 81. 3382573, Thomson, S E, Cpl, 18 Div Pro Coy, died 7/8/1942 from Diarrhea, buried in Cemetery II, Block A, Row 2G5, Thailand, Force "F".
Casualty List 792, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1161, Malaya, previously reported Missing now reported POW, previous List 792, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1659, POW, previously reported POW in Japanese hands now reported died, date of death 7/8/1943, previous List 1156 corrected by 1160, Malaya.
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