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Surname:Lidbetter
Initials:F
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:7690154
Notes:CMP. POW. 18 Div Pro Coy. Captured 15/2/42 Singapore. Changi 1/9/1945 Cutts papers.
Info from Japanese POW index card: Frederick Lidbetter, 26/2/1908 born Kensington, London, address: Katherline Lidbetter, 26 Weybourne Road, Aldershot, Hampshire, father William, mother Jenny. POW No. 6885 new, i/4112 old.
He is named on a nominal roll taken at Changi Goal POW Camp 5/9/1945. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan or Japanese Occupied Territory: 30469, Lidbetter, Frederick, L/Cpl, 7690154, Army, Captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp MA, Malaya, (Thailand). He is listed on Malaya POW Camp Roll, 1/11/1944: Lidbetter, Frederick, Army, L/Cpl, new POW No.6885, old POW No. i/4112, 7690154. He is listed on Force "F" Working Party Roll: 7690154, L/Cpl, Lidbetter, F, CMP, 18 Div, CHA, Changi.
Casualty List 793/20, Malaya, missing, 15/2/1942.
Casualty List 1147/14, Malaya, previously POW now reported POW, former List 793, Malaya, 15/2/42.
Casualty List 1926/7, previously reported POW now not POW, previous List 1147, Malaya.
Medal card not found.
Frederick Lidbetter.
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