The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Pierson
- First Name:
- Thomas William
- Nick Name:
- Tom
- Rank:
- Sergeant (Promoted on 28.1.1942)
- Regimental #:
- WX9238
- Company:
- Battalion Headquarters
- Enlisted:
- 30.10.1940
- Discharged:
- 24.06.1946
- DOB:
- 9.03.1898
- Place of Birth:
- West Hartlepool, England
- Father's Name:
- Albert Victor Pierson
- Mothers's Name:
- Elizabeth Mary Alton
- Religion:
- Church of England
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Farmhand
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp Changi; Thomson Road (Caldecot Hill Estate Camp); Adam Park Camp; River Valley Road Camp; AGH Roberts Barracks Changi (16.2.1943-May 1943); Selarang Barracks Changi. Following return from Thailand - Changi Gaol Hospital (May-June 1944); Kranji Hospital Woodlands (June-December 1944); Changi Gaol Hospital (December1944-September 1945)
- Force:
- ‘F’ Force Thailand
- Camps Thailand:
- Shimo Sonkurai Hospital (May-September 1943); Kanchanaburi (November 1943-May 1944);
- POW#:
- 6133
- Return Details 1945:
- Singapore‐Labuan by aircraft; Labuan-Morotai-Brisbane, 2/2nd H.M. Australian Ship Wanganella; Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne-Perth by troop train
General Description
Pierson enlisted AIF Oct 1940 joining Battalion Headquarters.
He was sent to work on Burma-Thai Railway with ‘F’ Force.
Please read about ‘F’ Force Thailand.
He was recovered from. Singapore at war’s end.
Thomas had at least two sisters also born in Hartlepool, England.
It is not known when he arrived in WA.
Thomas William Pierson married widow Mary Alice Duckworth (nee Turner) at Williams in 1931. Mary had about 4 children and her husband died in 1927.
Thomas and Mary continued farming around Williams area firstly then moved to Lake Grace where they were recorded on the Electoral Roll. Mary died in 1975 and Thomas William died 31st Oct 1979 aged 70 years.
Camp Locations:
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- Changi Gaol Camp - Singapore
- Johore Bahru, - Malaysia
- Kranji Camp Woodlands - Singapore
- River Valley Road Camp - Singapore
- Roberts Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Thomson Road (Caldecot Hill Estate Camp) - Singapore
- Kanchanaburi, 50k - Thailand
- Shimo Sonkurai, 288k - Thailand