Thailand-Singapore by aircraft; Singapore- Darwin-Perth, PBY Catalina aircraft; Admitted to 110(P)MH on 18.10.1945 with Beri Beri
General Description
A Coy H’qtrs – standing Alex Hack, Kneeling Back – Ted Popham, Front L-R L Cpl F Anderson, Pte Cyril Fogarty, Pte Shorty Barnes, Boomer Symmons. Breakfast time on march to Waterfall GullyPopham Ted with son Edward, 4 years
Born 1901 London, England to parents Edward & Sophia Popham.
From Gnowangerup Ted enlisted AIF 30 Oct 1940 later joining 2/4th ‘A’ Coy 6 Platoon under CO’s Lt Morrison & Lt Branson.
Popham became ill with typhus 9 Mar 1942 and was hospitalised AGH Roberts Barracks, Changi.
He left Singapore to work on Burma-Thai Railway with ‘D’ Force S Battalion. They arrived Kanyu II at the Hellfire Pass Cutting on 25 April 1944. At the end of the war Ted was recovered from Chungkai (possibly Hospital) and from Bangkok flew to Singapore. He flew with Catalina to Perth and admitted to110(P)MH on18 Oct 1945 with beri beri.
