The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Newell
- First Name:
- Archie Gerald
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX8749
- Company:
- ‘B ’ Company, 9th Platoon.
- Enlisted:
- 23.10.1940
- Discharged:
- 18.12.1945
- DOB:
- 15.10.1945
- Place of Birth:
- Higham Ferrers, Northants, England
- Father's Name:
- John Newell
- Mothers's Name:
- Dorothy Newell
- Religion:
- Methodist
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Miner
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp Changi; Johore Bahru; Adam Park; Selerang Barracks Changi
- Force:
- ‘D’ Force Thailand, S Battalion
- Camps Thailand:
- Kanu II , Chungkai
- Camps Japan:
- Yamane; Niihama
- POW#:
- 4 /6446 and 8826 and 1695
- Japan:
- Rashin Maru Party
- Return Details 1945:
- Wakayama‐Okinawa, USS Sanctuary; Okinawa-Manila USS Bingham; Manila-Sydney, HMS Speaker; Sydney-Fremantle, HMT Dominion Monarch
General Description
back row: J Gregory, L O’neil, E Teasdale, A Newel, R Hindle
front: R Haldane, M Hunter, T James, F Hinds, D Parker
Archie Newell died in 1991.
Camp Locations:
- Adam Park Camp - Singapore
- Johore Bahru, - Malaysia
- Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Chungkai, 60k - Thailand
- Kanu II, 152.30k - Thailand
- Nihama, Hiroshima #2-B- Japan
- Yamane, Hiroshima #3-D - Japan
