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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Dinsmore
Initials:A A J
Rank:Captain
Army Number:225009
Notes:CMP. POW. 11 Indian Div Pro Coy. Discharged to Commission. London Gazette 35462, page 837, 20/2/42. Formerly RSM CMP. Shown as OC Changi CMP 5/1/1944 in Cutts papers. Captured 15/2/1942 Singapore. Born 23/8/1902, Enlisted 18/5/1921. Home Address: 60 Chatsworth Gardens, Acton Hill, London W3. Camps: Changi 17/2/1942 to 8/1945. MI9/Jap/14195 A.
Info from Japanese POW index card: Archibald Arthur John Dinsmore. Born 23/8/1902 at Hanwell, Middlesex, home address: Mrs A W Dinsmore, 30 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, Father Arthur, Mother Emily. POW Mo. 302 new, i/165. He is named on a nominal roll taken at Changi Goal POW Camp 5/9/1945: 225009 Capt, Dinsmore A A J, Provost. He is named on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 13801, Dinsmore, Archibald A J, Capt, 225009, Army, captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp MA, Malaya. He is listed on Malaya Camp List 1/11/1944: Dinsmore, Archibald Arthur John, Army, Capt, new POW No. 300, old POW No. i/183, 225009.
Casualty List (Officers) 827, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1918 (Officers) previously reported Missing now POW. Casualty List (Officers) 1922, POW, Previously reported POW now not POW, previous List 1019, Malaya.
Archibald Arthur John Dismore.
Prisoner of War Record:
Imprisonment: Changi MALAYSIA 🇲🇾