| Surname: | Porter |
| Initials: | J |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 7689150 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. Captured 15/2/42 Singapore. Info from Japanese POW card index: Born 8/3/1911, 19 Frances Street, Fulford Road York,occupation railway labourer, address: Violet May Porter, 21 Alma Terrace, Fulford Road, York, father Robert, mother Edith. POW No. 13041 new, 5836 old. He is named on a nominal roll taken at Changi Goal POW Camp 5/9/1945. He is shown in a list for British 4 Group (working party). He is listed on No. 4 Group Working Party Roll: 7689150, L/Cpl, Porter, J, CMP. Casualty Roll 765/13, Malaya Missing 15/2/1942. Casualty List 945/19, now POW previously reported missing, previously shown on List 765 as missing 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1877/14, POW, previously reported POW now not POW, previous List 1945, Malaya. 1/3/50 He was awarded the 1939 - 1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal. Address:- 27 Alma Terrace, Fulford Road, York, Yorks. James Porter. York Newspaper, 25/3/42: Missing in Action. Cpl J Porter (31) Corps of Military Police, Youngest son of Mrs R Porter, 19 Frances Street, York. Wife lives at 27 Alma Terrace, Fulford, York. |
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| Imprisonment: | Thailand THAILAND 🇹🇠|