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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Gorton
Initials:L
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:4633288
Notes:CMP. CMP. 3 Indian Corps Pro Coy. Formerly Duke of Wellington's Regiment.
Information from Japanese POW index card: L Gorton, Home address: Wife, 20 Olphin Street, Belgrave, Leicester, 15/2/42 Captured Singapore, shown as died 7/9/42 of dysentery but not found in CWGC roll. Card has diagonal red line which means died.
He is listed on British POW's held in Japan or Japanese Occupied Territory: 19834, Gorton, Peter, L/Cpl, 4633288, Army, captured no record, died 9/7/1942, camp MA, Malaya.
Not found in Casualty Lists. Not found in Cutts Papers but shown on Japanese POW Index Card as CMP, (3 Corps).
Prisoner of War Record:
Imprisonment: Not Known GERMANY 🇩🇪
Casualty Record:
Date of Death:Sept. 9, 1942
Company:3 INDIAN CORPS PRO UNIT
CWGC Link:90909
Cemetery:UNKNOWN, UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧
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