| Surname: | Hill |
| Initials: | C S |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 2979491 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. Formerly Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders transferred to CMP. Captured 15/2/42 Singapore. Shown as being in Borneo in Cutts papers. Info from Japanese POW index card: Cairns Samuel Hill, born 27/3/1916 at Craven Crest Farm, Alloa, Scotland, address: Mrs W Brogan, 12 Linden Road, Alloa, Scotland, occupation Labourer. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 23918, Hill, Cairns Samuel, L/Cpl, 2979491, Army, captured 15/2/1945, liberated no record, camp BO, Borneo. He is listed on Allied POW transferred overland and overseas, SA 28/3/1942: Card No. 1/3430, 2979491 Hill, S, L/Cpl, CMP. Casualty List 767/16, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 945/19, POW previously reported missing, previously shown on List 765 as missing 15/2/1942, Amdt CL159/36. Casualty List 1144/18, List 945, Malaya, now POW previously reported Missing, on List 767, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1911/15/18, POW, Malaya, not now POW previous list 945, Malaya. IGSM 1936. Medal card not found. Cairns Samuel Hill. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Indian General Service Medal 1936 (London Gazette: WO 200/498, Page: 12 Dec. 3, 1938) |
| Citation: | Clasp: North West Frontier, 1936-37, awarded as Pte, 2 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. |
Prisoner of War Record: | |
| Imprisonment: | Borneo MALAYSIA 🇲🇾 |