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Surname:Thomson
Initials:G
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:3128577
Notes:CMP. POW. Hong Kong Command. Formerly Royal Scots Fusiliers. Born 31/8/1912, enlisted 3/12/1931, home address: 52 Lainshaw Street, Stewarton, Ayrshire. Captured 25/12/1941 Hong Kong. Prison Camps: Shamshuipo (HK) 29/10/1941 to 19/1/1943, Maj Boon, RASC and Omene, Japan 23/1/1943 to 15/8/1945, Maj Robertson, RAMC. Info from MI9/JAP/ No.48524A.
Info from Japanese POW card index: George Thomson, born 31/8/1912 at Stewarton, Scotland, address: Miss J Thomson, 52 Lainshaw Street, Stewarton, Ayrshire, father Andrew, mother Martha.
He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 50269, Thomson, George, L/cpl, 3128577, Army, captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp FU, Fukuoka, Japan. He is listed on Fukuoka POW Camp Roll, Japan: Thomson, George, Army, L/Cpl, POW No 26170, 3128577, H, 23/1/18.
Casualty List 718, Hong Kong, Missing, 25/12/1941. Casualty List 866, Hong Kong, POW previously reported missing on List 718, 25/12/1941.
Casualty List 1916, CMP, POW. Previously reported POW not know POW, previous List 886, Hong Kong.
George Thomson.
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Imprisonment: Shampshuipo HONG KONG 🇭🇰