The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Pummell
- First Name:
- Ephraim Albert
- Rank:
- Lance Corporal
- Regimental #:
- WX9946
- Classification:
- Bootmaker
- Company:
- Headquarters Company, No. 3 Platoon, Attached 2/4th, Australian Army Ordnance Corps
- Enlisted:
- 11.12.1940
- Discharged:
- 11.12.1945
- DOB:
- 4.08.1914
- Place of Birth:
- Leicester, England
- Father's Name:
- Ephraim Edward Pummell
- Mothers's Name:
- Ethel Pummell
- Religion:
- Church of England
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Boot Repairer
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp Changi; Serangoon Road Camp; Selarang Barracks Changi. Following Thailand - A.G.H. Roberts Barrack Changi (big toe on right foot amputated early 1944); Changi Gaol Camp
- Force:
- ‘F’ Force Thailand
- Camps Thailand:
- Shimo Sonkurai
- POW#:
- 4/6526
- Return Details 1945:
- Singapore-Darwin‐Sydney, lst Netherlands Military Hospital Ship Oranje; Sydney-Melbourne-Perth by troop train
General Description
Pummel left Singapore to work on Burma-Thai railway with ‘F’ Force. Please read further about this Force.
Camp Locations:
- Changi Gaol Camp - Singapore
- Roberts Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Serangoon Road Camp - Singapore
- Shimo Sonkurai, 288k - Thailand