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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Bourne
Initials:J H
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:7688106
Notes:CMP. POW. Enlisted in to CMP. Captured 19/3/1942 Java.
Info fro Jap POW Index Card: James Henry Bourne, No. 7688106, L/Cpl, CMP, born 12/6/1914 at Droitwich, occupation Printer, Home address: Mrs Bourne 45 Manning Road, Droitwich.
Info from MI 9/JAP/ No. 111429A. 7688106, Cpl. Bourne, James Henry, CMP, born 12/6/1914, enlisted 1/6/1940, address: 45 Manning Road, Droitwich Spa, Gloucestershire, 9/3/1942 captured Jarva, Camps: Tand Jon Priok 23/3/1942 to 9/1942,Changi, Singapore, Kuching, Borneo 13/10/1942 to 13/9/1945. He is named on a nominal roll: Java Party No. 2, arrived Changi 26/9/1942, departed 9/10/1942. He is named on British POW's held in Japan or Japanese occupied territory: 5058, Bourne, J H, L/Cpl, 7688106, captured 15/2/1942, liberated no record, camp BO, Borneo.
Casualty List 765 Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1081, Netherlands East Indies, Missing, 1/2/1943. Casualty List 1117, Netherlands East Indies, previously reported missing now reported POW.
Casualty List 1081, Netherlands East Indies, Missing, 1/2/1943. Casualty List 1911, POW, Malaya, not now POW previous list 1120, Netherlands East Indies.
25/1/49 He was awarded the 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal.
Address:- 29 Nunnery Avenue, Droitwich, Worcestershire.
James Henry Bourne.
James Henry Bourne.
Prisoner of War Record:
Imprisonment: Java INDONESIA 🇮🇩