| Surname: | Fairburn |
| Initials: | J E |
| Rank: | Captain |
| Army Number: | EC 1841 |
| Notes: | Provost Officer. 11 Indian Div Pro Coy. 1/13 Frontier Force Rifles, Indian Army. Information from M.I. 9/JAP No.42805A. OC and DAPM 9 Indian Division Pro Unit. Captured 15/2/42 Singapore. Enlisted 20/10/40, home address: c/o Major W E Fairburn, Lloyds Bank, Littlehampton, Sussex. POW Camps: Changi 14/2/42 to 25/10/42, Tainoku, Taiwan 14/11/42 to 20/8/43, Shirakaue, Taiwan 25/9/43 to 19/2/45, Fukuoka Kyushu 10/3/45 to 27/4/45, Mukden 3/5/45 to 10/9/45. Previously served as Registrar, Shanghai Municipal Police. He was wounded in the right knee and captured in Alexander Hospital were he was a patient. Wife mrs J E Fairbairn, Sister, QAIMNS, Bombay. Addition to No.42805: From period 25/8/42 to release the undersigned ran the news service and translating of NIP papers. Brigadier G C Ballentine, Indian Army being i/c distribution throughout camp. The Japanese papers were obtained at great personal risk by devious means from Japanese sources. Personnel, if caught being liable to execution. This risk was further increased by certain American personnel who acted as informers to the Nipponese. Information from Japanese POW card index: John E Fairburn. Born 27/2/1914, occupation Registrar, born Shanghai, China, address: Major W E Fairbairn, c/o Lloyds Bank, Littlehampton, Sussex, England, farther William Ewart, mother Edith Catherine. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 16147, Fairbairn, John E, Capt, EC 1841, Army, captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp MU, Mukden, Manchuria. He is named of List 11 Indian Div Overseas Party "Z": EC 1841 Fairburn, HQ 9/11 Indian Div., sheet 2. No Casualty List found. John Edwin Fairburn. |
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| Imprisonment: | Changi MALAYSIA 🇲🇾 |
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