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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Carr
Initials:E L
Rank:Lieutenant
Army Number:216326
Notes:CMP. POW. Formerly WOII commissioned Intelligence Corps, 31/10/1941, London Gazette, 35433, page 441, 23/1/1942. 18 Division Provost Company. London Gazette 38101, 21.10/1947, page 4952 relinquishes commission 7/4/1946.
Info from Japanese POW index card: Ernest Leadbitter Carr, born 4/8/1917 at Whitley Bay, Northumberland, occupation Merchant, home address: 118 Rectory Road, Beckenham, Kent.
Listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 8118, Carr, Ernest L, Lt. P/216326, Army, captured 15/2/1945, liberated, 2/9/1945, camp TH, Thailand. Listed on Thailand POW Camp Roll, 1/11/1944: Carr, Ernest Leadbitter, Army, Lt, new POW No. 243, old POW No. 5427, former camp M-7080, M/16/3/21. He is listed on British POW's in Thailand and Saigon, 8/1945.
Casualty List 783 (Officers), Malaya, Missing, Intelligence Corps, Carr, A/Lt, E L, 216326, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1019 (Officers), Malaya, previously reported Missing now POW, Intelligence Corps, Carr, A/Lt, E L, 216326, previous List 783. Casualty List 1872 (Officers), previously reported POW now not POW, previous List 1019, Malaya, Intelligence Corps.
Ernest Leadbitter Carr.
Prisoner of War Record:
Imprisonment: Changi MALAYSIA 🇲🇾