| Surname: | Hobson |
| Initials: | S |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 7688657 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. 18 Div Pro Coy. Captured 15/2/42 Singapore. Changi 1/9/1945 Cutts papers. Home address: Mrs E Hobson, c/o Cockeas, 28 Mellor Street, Patricroft, Manchester. Info from Japanese POW index card: Seth Hobson, 3/2/1914 born Weast, Salford, Lancashire, address: Mrs E Hobson, 28 Mellow Street, Partricroft, Manchester, occupation Butcher, father Frederick Pemberton, mother Elsie. 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: 24345, Hobson, Seth, L/Cpl, 7688657, captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp Malaya (Thailand). He is listed on Japanese POW Camp Roll, Thailand: Hobson, Seth, Army, new POW No. 5721, old POW No. i/3478, 7688657. He is listed on Kami Sankuri Camp No. 1 Roll: 7688657, L/Cpl Robson S, CMP 18 Division, CHA Changi. Casualty List 793/20, Malaya, missing, 51/2/1942. Casualty List 1143/11, Malaya reported as missing now POW), previous list 793, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1156/28, Malaya, posted as missing now POW, previous list 793, 15/2/42. Casualty List 1555/30, corrections, Malaya, previous List 1143 corrected by 793 & 1156, reported Missing now reported POW rank L/Cpl, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1926/7, Malaya, previously POW not now POW, former list 1143 corrected by 1156 & 1555, Malaya. 1/3/58 He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal. Address:- 8 Stratford Avenue, Barton Eccles, Manchester, Lancs. Seth Hobson. |
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| Imprisonment: | KAMI SANKURI CAMP NO1 THAILAND 🇹🇠|