| Surname: | Champkin |
| Initials: | F A H |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 929169 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. Formerly Royal Artillery. 15/8/41 Transferred to CMP. 8/4/46 Discharged. Captured 15/2/1942 Singapore. Changi 1/9/1945 Cutts papers. Born 22/9/1921, Enlisted 11/10/1939. Home Address: 6 Chartley Road, Erdington, Birmingham. Camps: Changi, 17/2/1942 to 25/4/1943, Nicki, Siam 5/1943 to 8/1943, Sonkrai, Siam, 2/8/1943 to 17/11/1943, Changi, 23/12/1943 to 14/9/1945. MI.9/Jap/31180A. Info from Japanese POW index card: Frank Augustus Hazell Champkin. Born 22/9/1921 at 101 Woodlands Street, Smeithwick, Staffordshire, occupation Clerk, home address: 6 Chartley Road, Erdington, Birmingham, father John William, Mother Florence Elizabeth Mary. He is listed in Nominal Roll of Changi Prison dated 5/9/1945. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese occupied territory: 8737, Champkin, Frank A H, L/Cpl, 929169, Army, captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp MA, Malaya. He is listed on POW Camp List Malaya, 1/11/1944: Champkin, Frank Augustus Hazell, Army, L/Cpl, new POW No. 2847, old POW No. i/1895, 929169. Casualty List 793, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1131, Malaya, previously posted Missing now reported POW, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1926, Malaya, previously POW not now POW, former list 1131, Malaya. Frank Augustus Hazell Champkin. |
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| Imprisonment: | Changi MALAYSIA 🇲🇾 |