| Surname: | Pringle |
| Initials: | G W |
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Army Number: | 4272941 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. Formerly Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 305/40 transferred to CMP. 14/5/46 discharged. Extracts from Army Record:- He was born 31/3/16, enlisted 20/4/39, home Alnwick, Northumberland. 30/7/38 he married Lilian Isablel Robson at Alnwick.1/2/43 reported missing Netherlands East Indies,. Served Home 20/4/39 to 31/8/39, embodied 1/9/39 to 5/12/41, Malaya 5/12/41 to 1/2/43, Japan 2/2/43 to 28/10/45, Home 29/10/45. Captured 9/3/42. British POW held in Japan or Japanese Occupied Territory 40868, Pringle G W, L/Cpl, 4272941, Army, captured 9/3/41, Borneo. POW in Okinayama Camp at Obe, Honsho, Japan between 27/11/42 and 13/9/45, POW No. 163, Overbounds House, Alnwick, Northumberland. Casualty List 1079/12, Netherlands East Indies, Missing, 1/2/1943. Casualty List 1119/22, Netherlands East Indies, previously reported missing now reported PO,.previous List 1079, 1/12/1943. Casualty List 1289/12, Netherlands East Indies, previously reported missing now reported POW, previous List 1079, 1/12/43 Casualty List 1905/15, Malaya, previously reported POW now not POW, previous list 1119, (corrected by 1289) Netherlands East Indies. 4/9/74 He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal. Address:- 19 Narrowgate, Alnwick, Northumberland. George William Pringle. |
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| Imprisonment: | Java INDONESIA 🇮🇩 |