| Surname: | Laws |
| Initials: | A |
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Army Number: | 13000253 |
| Notes: | CMP. 18 Div Pro Coy. POW. Formerly Pioneer Corps, transferred to CMP. 15/2/42 captured Singapore. Born 23/2/04, 27/10/39 enlisted, home address: 12 Cotton Street, Aberdeen. 3/6/46 Discharged. POW Camps: Changi Goal 15/2/42 to 24/4/43 Gen Percival, Lt Col Holmes, Capt English OC Pro Coy, Chawgnays, Thailand 27/5/43 to ?/12/43 Maj Gardiner, Changi Goal 21/12/43 to 16/9/45, Col Newey, Lt Col Holmes. Info from: M.I.9/JAP/No. 31193A. Info from Japanese POW card index: Alexander Laws, born 23/2/1904 at Aberdeen, occupation Fish Merchant, address: Mary Laws, 12 Cotton Street, Aberdeen, mothers name Mary. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 29726, Laws, Alexander, L/Cpl, 13000253, Army, captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp, MA Malaya. he is named on Malaya POW Camp Roll, 1/11/1944: Laws, Alexander, Army, Cpl, new POW No. 6735, old POW No. i/4048, 13000253. He is listed on Force "F" Working Party Roll, Thailand depart 4/1943: 13000253, L/Cpl, Laws, A, CMP 18 Div, CHA, Changi. He is named on a nominal roll taken at Changi Goal POW Camp 5/9/1945. Casualty List 793, Malaya, missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1150, Malaya, posted missing now POW. previous list 793, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1156, Malaya, rank U/A/L/Cpl, previous List 793, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1926, Malaya, previously POW not now POW, former list 1150, (corrected by 1156), Malaya. Alexander Laws. Extract from the Aberdeen Press and Journal, 6/4/42. MISSING IN MALAYA. L/Cpl Alexander Laws, Corps of Military Police, whose wife and two children live at 12 Cotton Street, Aberdeen, is reported missing in Malaya. he is one of four sons of Mrs Laws, 12, Hanover Street, who are serving in the forces. |
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| Imprisonment: | KAMI SANKURI CAMP NO1 THAILAND 🇹🇠|