The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Whitelaw
- First Name:
- Robert Gregson
- Nick Name:
- Jock
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX9076
- Company:
- ‘B’ Company
- Enlisted:
- 25.10.1940
- Discharged:
- 14.03.1946
- DOB:
- 10.09.1902
- Place of Birth:
- Saltcoats, Scotland
- Father's Name:
- Not Known
- Mothers's Name:
- Elizabeth Whitelaw
- Religion:
- Presbyterian
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Tractor Driver
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp Changi, Johore Bahru, Adam Park, Selarang Barracks Changi
- Force:
- ‘D’ Force Thailand, S Battalion
- Camps Thailand:
- Kanu II, Tamarkan (hospital 16.7.1943-24.11.1943), Chingkai (24.11.1943-7.4.1944), Rashin Maru Party
- Camps Japan:
- Ohama Camp 9B
- POW#:
- 4/6799, 8862 & 419
- Return Details 1945:
- Wakayama‐Okinawa, USS Consolation, Okinawa-Manila, USS Haskell, Manila-Sydney, HMS Speaker, Sydney-Fremantle, HMT Dominion Monarch.
General Description
Back Row: L-R (1) Bert Poulten WX9764 (5) Doug Carter WX8240
2nd Last Row: L-R (2) Alf Worth WX7440 (3) Alex Oag WX8481
3rd Row from Back: L-R (4) Aub Schuts WX8562 (8) Bob Whitelaw WX9076
Front Row: L-R (9) Arthur Walker WX16370
Back Row: Aub Schuts, Bob Whitelaw, Bert Poulton,
Front Row: Alec Oag, Alf Worth, Arthur Walker
Read the story of the journey of the Rashin (Byoke) Maru
Camp Locations:
- Adam Park Camp - Singapore
- Johore Bahru, - Malaysia
- Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Chungkai, 60k - Thailand
- Kanu II, 152.30k - Thailand
- Tamarkan, Tha Makham 56k - Thailand
- Ohama, Hiroshima #9-B - Japan ***
