| Surname: | Henderson |
| Initials: | J |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 2876372 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. Singapore Fortress Pro Coy. Enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders, transferred to CMP. 28/7/43 Died. He was born and resided in Aberdeen. Captured Singapore 15/2/42. Shown as died up country and died Siam in Cutts papers. Inscription on grave panel: Not gone from memory, not gone from love, but gone to his father's home above. Info from Japanese POW index cards: Jonathan Henderson, born 7/9/1911 at Cournoaird, Ryynnie, Scotland, address: mother Margaret Henderson, Hilchend, Clatt, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, occupation farm labourer, father Alexander, mother Margaret. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 23435, Henderson, Jonathan, L/cpl, 2876372, captured 15/2/1942, died 28/7/1943, camp TH, Thailand. He is listed on Roll of POW Camps, Thailand: Henderson, Jonathan, Army, L/Cpl, new POW No. I 8414, old POW No. I1300, previous camp M-2599, 2876372, M-18/7/28, Deceased? He is listed on List JH 256, British POW who died of illness in the Thailand Camp: 12, L/Cpl, Jonathan Henderson, 2876372, 28/7/1942, Beri Beri, Inhumed. Casualty List 772/24, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1280/3, Malaya, previously reported missing now POW, previous list 772, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1283/21, previous List 1280 , Malaya, previously reported missing now POW, previous List 772, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1844/32, POW, previously reported POW now reported Died, 28/7/1943, previous List 1280 corrected by List 1283, Malaya. Medal card not found. Jonathan Henderson. Extract from the Aberdeen Press & Journal, 24/8/45 . More than two years afterwards Mr and Mrs A Henderson, Hillhead, Cialt, have received news that their son, Cpl J Henderson, Corps of Military Police had died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. He was captured in 1942 and died from beri-beri in Thailand on July 28, 1943. Cpl Henderson who was a farm servant in the Cialt district was in the Gordon Highlanders before transferring to the Corps of Military Police. |
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| Imprisonment: | Thailand THAILAND 🇹🇠|
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| Date of Death: | July 28, 1943 |
| Company: | SINGAPORE FORTRESS |
| CWGC Link: | 2822951 |
| Cemetery: | KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, THAILAND 🇹🇠|
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