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Surname:Clark
Initials:E A
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:7688486
Notes:CMP. POW. Southern Area Pro Coy. Captured 15/2/1942 Singapore. Address: 437 Higham Hill Road, Walthamstow, London E17. Changi 15/2/1942 to 15/5/1943, Yakamo 16/6/1943 to 25/9/1943, Muroran 25/9/1943 to 5/6/1945, Nisi-Asibitsu 5/6/1945. Enlisted 29/6/1940. MI 9/Jap/No 45474A. Shown as in Japan in Cutts papers.
Info from Japanese POW index card: Edward Arthur Clark. He was born 29/4/1908 at Walton on Naze, Essex, occupation Clerk, home address: as above.
Casualty List 766/12, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942.
Casualty List 945/19, POW previously reported missing, previously shown on List 766 as missing 15/2/1942.
Casualty List 1125/19, Corrections, List 945, Malaya, POW previously reported as Missing on list 766, 15/2/41, A/L/Cpl.
Casualty List 1911/15, POW, Malaya, not now POW previous list 945 corrected by 1125, Malaya.
He is named on List British POW's held in Japan or Japanese held territory: 9406, Clarke, Edward A, L/Cpl, 7688486, Army, captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp Hakodate. He is named on the Hakodate POW Camp roll.
26/11/48 he was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal.
Address:- c/o Bank of Montreal, Head Office, Yonge Street, Toronto, Canada.
Edward Arthur Clark.
Prisoner of War Record:
Imprisonment: Japan JAPAN 🇯🇵