| Surname: | Collier |
| Initials: | W |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 6145193 |
| Notes: | CMP. 3 Indian Corps Pro Coy. POW. Enlisted in the East Surrey Regiment, attached to CMP. 15/2/1942 captured Singapore. Born 29/9/07, enlisted 3/7/40, POW camps: Changi Goal 17/2/42 to 15/5/43, Lt Col Holmes Manchester Regiment, Yakumo Hokraido Japan 18/6/43 to 25/10/43 Maj Stewart Manchester Regiment, Huroran Hokkaido 25/10/43 to 5/6/45 Maj Murray RAMC, Nisi Asibeth, Hokkaido 5/6/45 to 11/9/45 Maj Murray RAMC. Info from M,I, 9/JAP/ No 45950A. William Collier. 18/7/46 to discharge. Info from Japanese POW index card: William Collier. Born 29/9/1907 at Chelsea, London, occupation Engineers Storekeeper, home address: Mrs May Collier, 22 Middleton Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex, father William, Mother Charlotte. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan or Japanese occupied territory: 10333, Collier, William , Sgt, 6145193, Army, captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp H A, Hakodate. He is named on Roll of 1st Branch Camp. Casualty List 773/15, Malay, Missing, 15/2/1942, shown on 2 East Surrey Regiment List. Casualty List 1128/11, Malaya, previously reported missing nor reported POW, previous List 773, 15/2/1942, rank A/Sgt, shown on 2 East Surrey Regiment List. Casualty List 1884/10, previously reported POW now not POW, previous List 1128, Malaya. 27/9/48 He was awarded the 1939 - 1945 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- 145 Topsham Road, Upper Tooting, London S W 17. William Collier. Extract from the Fulham Chronicle, 30/4/43. MILITARY POLICE SERGEANT, Taken Prisoner of War at Malaya. Mr and Mrs W Collier, formerly Chelsea residents, and now of 123 Wimbledon Park Road, Southfields, have been notified by the War Office that their son, Sergeant William Collier, of the Military Police is a prisoner of war in Japanese hands. He had been missing since the Japanese invasion of Malaya in February 1942. They also received news about the same time that their youngest son, Sergeant Pat Collier, RAF received his pilot's wings while serving in Southern Rhodesia. Both young men were born in Chelsea. Their parents formerly lived for many years at 477 King's Road, Chelsea. Both their sons were educated at Park Walk School, Chelsea, and enlisted at the outbreak of war. |
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| Imprisonment: | Changi MALAYSIA 🇲🇾 |