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Surname:Noble
Initials:W G D
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:2888222
Notes:POW, 3 Indian Corps Pro Coy. Enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders, attached to 3 Indian Corps, CMP.
Info from Japanese POW index card: William Grieve Dawson, 31/12/1913 born Torphichen, Bathgate, Lothian, address: Mrs Helen Prentice, Torpichen, Bathgate, West Lothian, mother Helen Prentice.
He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 37167, Noble, William G D, L/Cpl, 2888222, Army, captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp TH, Thailand. He is listed on the Thailand POW Roll, 1/11/1944: Noble William Grieve Dawson, Army, L/Cpl, new POW No. IV 12065, old POW No. IV 15156, former camp M-2434, 2888222. He is listed on No1 Group Roll, Singapore: 1303, 2888222, L/Cpl, Noble W G D, CMP.
Casualty List 773, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942, shown on 2 Gordon Highlanders List. Casualty List 942, Malaya, now POW previously reported Missing on List 773, 15/2/1942, shown on 2 Gordon Highlanders List. Casualty List 1891, Previously reported POW now not POW, previous List 942, Malaya, shown on 2 Gordon Highlanders List.
William Grieve Dawson Noble.
Prisoner of War Record:
Imprisonment: Not Known GERMANY 🇩🇪