| Surname: | Watson |
| Initials: | E |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 7688895 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. He enlisted into CMP. 18 Div Pro Coy. POW. Captured 15/2/42 Singapore. Changi 1/9/1945 Cutts papers. Born 22/11/1908, enlisted 11/7/1940, home address: Mrs B Watson, 16 Burgh Mill Lane, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Camps: Changi 15/2/1942 to 24/4/1943, Gen Percival, Col Holmes, Capt English, Changaraya, Thailand 26/5/1943 to 28/4/1944. Maj Gardiner, Changi Goal 19/12/43 to 25/9/45 Lt Col Homes. Info from MI9/JAP/No.31168A. Info from Japanese POW card index: Erik Watson , born 22/11/1910 at Dewsbury, Yorkshire, address: Betty Watson, 16 Burgh Mill Lane, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, occupation Club Manager, father Wilfred, mother Jane. POW No. 11076 new, i/6422 old. He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 53038, Watson, Eric, L/Cpl, 7688895, Army, captured 15/2/1942, liberated 2/9/1945, camp MA, Malaya. He is listed on Malaya POW Camp Roll: Watson, Eric, Army, L/Cpl, new POW No. 11076, old POW No. i/6422, 7688895. He is listed on POW' transported overland to camps, 4/1943, "F" Force. He is named on a nominal roll taken at Changi Goal POW Camp 5/9/1945. Casualty List 792, Malaya, Missing, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1166, Malaya, previously reported Missing now reported POW, previous List 792, 15/2/1942. Casualty List 1920, POW, previous reported POW not now POW, previous List 1166, Malaya. Eric Watson. |
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| Imprisonment: | KAMI SANKURI CAMP NO1 THAILAND 🇹🇠|