| Surname: | Tovey |
| Initials: | G H |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 5252779 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. K Force Pro Coy. Enlisted in the Worcestershire Regiment. 16/5/41 Transferred to CMP. 27/3/45 Died at Sandakan, Borneo .He was born and resided in Worcestershire. 8/3/42 Captured in Java. K Pro Coy was located in Indonesia and formed for duties in POW Camps. He has no known grave. Info from Japanese POW index card: George Henry Tovey, 9/10/1919 born 44 off More Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, address: Mr h F Torey, 95 Baxter Avenue, Kidderminster, occupation Salesman and Store man, father Henry Frederick, mother Torey May. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 50871. Tovey, George Henry, L/Cpl, 5252779, Army, captured 9/3/1942, liberated not known, Camp BP, Borneo. He is listed on Roll of deceased POW in Borneo: 5252779, L/Cpl, Tovey, G H, CMP, died 273/1945 at Sandakan. He is listed on British POW in Borneo, death certificate: 5252779, CMP, Tovey, George H, No. 2938, male, English, 26/2/1945 contracted Malaria, 27/3/1945 Died at Sandakan, signed Lt. Kathanzi Namamoto, MO, 29/3/1945. He is named on a nominal roll: Java Party No. 2, arrived Changi 26/9/1942, departed 9/10/1942. Casualty List 1079, Netherlands East Indies, Missing 1/2/1943. Casualty List 1106, Netherlands East Indies,previously reported Missing now reported POW, previous List 1079 1/2/1943. Casualty List 1930, POW, previously reported POW now reported died, date of death 27/3/1945, previous List 1106, Netherlands East Indies. George Henry Tovey. |
Prisoner of War Record: | |
| Imprisonment: | Java INDONESIA 🇮🇩 |
Casualty Record: | |
| Date of Death: | March 27, 1945 |
| Company: | K PRO COY |
| CWGC Link: | 2073347 |
| Cemetery: | SINGAPORE MEMORIAL KRANJI, SINGAPORE 🇸🇬 |
 | |
|
Make this Notebook Trusted to load map: File -> Trust Notebook | |