| Surname: | Fairhead |
| Initials: | H G |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 2655418 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. 18 Div Pro Coy. 21/3/1932 he enlisted in the Coldsteam Guards at Liverpool for 3/9 years, Born 27/9/1913 at Everton, Liverpool, occupation Labourer, 3/1/1940 compulsory transfer to CMP. Captured Singapore 15/2/1942. Home address: 35 Melbreck road, Booker Avenue, Mossley Hill, Liverpool. Served in Changi Feb to June 1942, Nong Pladuk, Thailand June 1942 to April 1943, Kin Syor, Thailand April to Aug 1943, Kamburi Aug 1943 to Sept 1944, River Valley, Singapore Sept 1944 to April 1945, Long Than Indo China Feb to April 1945, Lienkharn Indo China April to July 1945. Saigon, Indo China July to Sept 1945. M.I. 9/JAP/ No. 35564. 18 Div Pro Coy War Diary WO 172/84. 19/1/42, Bukit Timar, 2655418 Cpl, Fairhead and 2 L/Cpl's commenced duties on causeway where they remained until it was destroyed. Information from Japanese POW card index: Henry George Fairhead. Born 27/9/1913, Born Liverpool 13. Address: Mrs C Fairhead, 154 Muirhead Avenue, West Derby, Liverpool. Father Henry Fairhead, mother Violet Georgina. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 16171, Fairhead, Henry George, Cpl, 2655418, Army, captured 15/2/1945, liberated 2/9/1945, camp TH Thailand. He is listed on No.10 Group Thailand and Saigon, 9/1945: 269m 41398, 2655419, British, Sgt, Fairhead, Henry George. Casualty List 793, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1212, Malaya, previously reported missing now reported POW, previous List 792, 156/2/1942. Casualty List 1900, POW, previously reported POW now not POW, previous List 1212, Malaya. 26/2/1946 to discharge. 5/3/49 He was awarded the 1939 - 1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal. Address:- "Greenfields" 170 Greenhill Road, Liverpool 18, Lancs. Henry George Fairhead. He is mentioned in 7689015 L/Cpl Harry Thorpe's story "And to think I volunteered" which can be found on www.far-eastern-heroes.org.uk. Extract from Liverpool Daily Post. 20/10/45. Repatriates in Liverpool. Mingled experience. The Ordum, the eighth repatriation ship carrying ex POW and internees from the Far East arrived at Liverpool yesterday. She had on board 313 Army Officers, 1,300 other ranks, one Royal Marine, and twenty civilians. One of the first Merseyside men ashore was Sergeant Harry Fairhead (33) a member to the Corps of Military Police whose home is at 39 Melbreck Road, Mosley Hill, a former member of the Liverpool City Police. He was met by his father, a retired Sergeant of the City Police, his wife and three year old daughter, Gillian, whom he saw for the first time. |
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| Imprisonment: | River Valley Camp THAILAND 🇹🇠|