The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Roots
- First Name:
- Stephen Edgar
- Nick Name:
- Ted
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX15893
- Company:
- ‘A’ Company
- Enlisted:
- 20.08.1941
- Discharged:
- 4.12.1945
- DOB:
- 14.12.1921
- Place of Birth:
- Albany, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Stephen Roots
- Mothers's Name:
- Ethel Blanche Roots
- Religion:
- Church of England
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Truck Driver
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp Changi; Johore Bahru; Adam Park; A.G.H. Roberts Barracks Changi (appendicitis on 24.4.1942); Selarang Barracks Changi;
- Force:
- Japan ‘B’ Party Korea
- POW#:
- 347 and 528
- Return Details 1945:
- USS Mercy for two weeks (U.S. hospital ship) at Pusan; British Destroyer D50 from USS Mercy to the HMS Colossus; Pusan-Manila, HMS Collossus; Manila-Morotai-Darwin, PBY Catalina aircraft A24-377; Darwin-Perth by aircraft
General Description

Camps Korea – Keijo (shrine and warehouse 25/9/1942-1/9/1943)
Konan (carbide Factory, 14.9.1943-21.9.1945)
Please read about Ted’s letter providing the events in naming his mate Arthur Morrison, ‘Snow White’
Ted Roots died 28 October 2000.
Camp Locations:
- Adam Park Camp - Singapore
- Johore Bahru, - Malaysia
- Roberts Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Keijo - Korea ***
- Konan - Korea