| Surname: | Haigh |
| Initials: | L |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 7688558 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. 3 Indian Corps Pro Coy. Captured 15/2/42 Singapore. Changi 1/9/1945 Cutts papers. Born 11/9/1906, enlisted 21/6/1940. Home address: 14 West Street, Soothill, Batley, Yorkshire. Prisons: Changi 17/2/1942 to 13/5/1943, Thailand 13/05/1943 to 12/1943, Singapore (Simes Road), 12/1943 to 5/1944, Changi 05/1944 to 08/1945. MI 9/Jap/ No 14209 A. Info from Japanese POW card index: Laurence Haig, born 11/9/1906 at East Street, Batley, Yorkshire, occupation Grocer, home address: Mrs Ethel Haigh, 14 West Street, Soot Hill, Batley, Yorkshire, father Albert Oliver, mother Ada. He is listed on a nominal roll taken at Changi Goal POW Camp 5/9/1945. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: Haigh, Lawrence, Army, L/Cpl, new POW No. 5148, old POW No. i/3144, 7688558. Casualty List 765/12, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 945/19, POW previously reported missing, previously shown on List 765 as missing 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1145/32, Malaya, now POW previously reported Missing, previous List 945, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1921/5, previously reported POW now not POW, previous List 945, corrected by 1148, Malaya. 31/3/78 He was awarded the 1939 - 1945 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- Not shown. Lawrence Haig. |
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| Imprisonment: | Changi MALAYSIA 🇲🇾 |