| Surname: | Leeks |
| Initials: | A F C |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 5825762 |
| Notes: | POW. 18 Div Pro Coy. He enlisted in the 4 Suffolk Regiment, attached to 18 Div Pro Coy, CMP. Captured 15/2/42 Singapore. Home address: The Post Office, Barking Tyre, Nr Ipswich. 16/4/46 to discharge. Info from Japanese POW index card: Arthur Frederik Claude Leeks, 18/1/1914 Cairo, Egypt, address: Robert William Leeks, "Post Office", Barkingtyre, Nr Ipswich, occupation Civil Policeman, father Robert William, mother Elizabeth Maud. He is listed on Malaya POW Camp Roll, 1/11/1944: Leeks, Arthur Frederick Claude, Army, L/Cpl, new POW no. 6796, old POW No. i/4080, 5825762. He is listed on Parties transferred overseas and overland from Singapore 1943: 7687275, L/Cpl, Leeks, A, 81. He is listed on Changi Camp Roll, 5/9/1945: 5825762, L/Cpl, Leeks, A, 4 Suffolk Regiment. He is listed on HQ 18 Div Roll: 5825762, Pte, Leeks, A F, 4 Suffolk/18 Div Pro Coy, CMP. Casualty List 803/15, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942, listed on 4 Suffolk Regiment List. Casualty List 1171/8, Malaya, previously posted Missing now reported POW, previous List 803, 15/2/1942, shown on Suffolk Regiment List. Casualty List 1926/5, previously reported POW now not POW, previous List 1171, Malaya, shown of 4 Suffolk Regiment List. 14/12/49 He was awarded the 1939 - 1945 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Unit 4 Suffolk Regt. Address:- "The Bungalow", Barking Tyke, Nr. Ipswich, Suffolk, Arthur Frederick Claude Leeks. |
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| Imprisonment: | Singapore2 SINGAPORE 🇸🇬 |