| Surname: | Reading |
| Initials: | F A |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 7683631 |
| Notes: | CMP. He enlisted in to CMP. He was born and resided in Caernarfonshire. Initial A in Crozier Roll. His wife W/125972 Pte Mair Reading was killed serving in the ATS on the 11/7/43 and is buried in Porthmadog Public Cemetery, plot 2, 331. Casualty List 1189. Died, W/125792, Reading, Pte, M, 11/7/43, list 1203/22. Casualty List 1203. Home, Died, ATS, W/125792, army No. should read W/125972. Inscription on gravestone: Your memory hallowed in the land you loved. Captured Java, 12/3/1942, died at Kuching. Info from Japanese POW index cards: Frederick Arthur Reading, 12/5/1911 born Llandudno, address: Mrs Reading, 18 Snowdon Street, Porthmadog, North Wales. occupation traveller, father F L, mother E A. He is listed on a nominal roll: Java Party No. 2, arrived Changi 26/9/1942, departed 9/10/1942. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 43623, Reading, F A, L/Cpl, 7683631, Army, captured 9/3/1942, died 12/6/1945, camp MA, Malaya. He is listed on Deceased British POW's in Borneo: 7683631, L/Cpl Reading, F A, CMP, died 12/6/1945 at Kuching. Casualty List 1079, Netherlands East Indies, Missing, 1/2/1943. Casualty List 1119, Netherlands East Indies, previously reported Missing now POW, previous List 1079, 1/2/1943. Casualty List 1942/10, previously reported POW now reported died, previous List 1119, Netherlands East Indies. Date of death 12/6/45. Frederick Arthur Reading. |
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| Imprisonment: | Labuan MALAYSIA 🇲🇾 |
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| Date of Death: | June 12, 1945 |
| Company: | UNKNOWN |
| CWGC Link: | 173427 |
| Cemetery: | LABUAN WAR CEMETERY, MALAYSIA 🇲🇾 |
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