First Name: John Johnstone
Initials: J J
Surname: Adamson
DOB: Circa 1921
Age: 21
Birth County: Dumfriesshire.
Nationality:British
Resided County: Dumfriesshire.
Date of Death: 14/12/1942
Date of Capture: 15/02/1942
Information: Died whilst prisoner of war of colitis.
POW Camp: Formosa
POW Camp: Malai 1, 7888
Other POW Camps: Kinkaseki#2
Information: Parents: John Johnstone Adamson and Agnes Lithgow Adamson, of Brydekirk, Dumfriesshire.
Rank: Signalman
Service Number: 3191032
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Corps Of Signals
Battalion: 80 Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A., Sig. Sec.
Prisoner of War (formerly 80th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Signal Section).
Captured during the Battle of Singapore. Transported on the SS England Maru to Formosa (Taiwan) in October 1942. Died as a prisoner of war of dysentery at Kinkaseki Camp No. 1, Formosa on 14 December 1942.
Originally buried in Kinkaseki Camp Cemetery, his remains were reinterred on 24 July 1947 at Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong.
View cenotaph at Annan Cemetery.
See Cenotaph at 2488 45571.
Initials: J J
Surname: Adamson
DOB: Circa 1921
Age: 21
Birth County: Dumfriesshire.
Nationality:British
Resided County: Dumfriesshire.
Date of Death: 14/12/1942
Date of Capture: 15/02/1942
Information: Died whilst prisoner of war of colitis.
POW Camp: Formosa
POW Camp: Malai 1, 7888
Other POW Camps: Kinkaseki#2
Information: Parents: John Johnstone Adamson and Agnes Lithgow Adamson, of Brydekirk, Dumfriesshire.
Rank: Signalman
Service Number: 3191032
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Corps Of Signals
Battalion: 80 Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A., Sig. Sec.
Prisoner of War (formerly 80th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Signal Section).
Captured during the Battle of Singapore. Transported on the SS England Maru to Formosa (Taiwan) in October 1942. Died as a prisoner of war of dysentery at Kinkaseki Camp No. 1, Formosa on 14 December 1942.
Originally buried in Kinkaseki Camp Cemetery, his remains were reinterred on 24 July 1947 at Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong.
View cenotaph at Annan Cemetery.
See Cenotaph at 2488 45571.
First Name: John Johnstone
Initials: J J
Surname: Adamson
DOB: Circa 1921
Age: 21
Birth County: Dumfriesshire.
Nationality:British
Resided County: Dumfriesshire.
Date of Death: 14/12/1942
Date of Capture: 15/02/1942
Information: Died whilst prisoner of war of colitis.
POW Camp: Formosa
POW Camp: Malai 1, 7888
Other POW Camps: Kinkaseki#2
Information: Parents: John Johnstone Adamson and Agnes Lithgow Adamson, of Brydekirk, Dumfriesshire.
Rank: Signalman
Service Number: 3191032
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Corps Of Signals
Battalion: 80 Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A., Sig. Sec.
Prisoner of War (formerly 80th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Signal Section).
Captured during the Battle of Singapore. Transported on the SS England Maru to Formosa (Taiwan) in October 1942. Died as a prisoner of war of dysentery at Kinkaseki Camp No. 1, Formosa on 14 December 1942.
Originally buried in Kinkaseki Camp Cemetery, his remains were reinterred on 24 July 1947 at Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong.
View cenotaph at Annan Cemetery.
See Cenotaph at 2488 45571.
Initials: J J
Surname: Adamson
DOB: Circa 1921
Age: 21
Birth County: Dumfriesshire.
Nationality:British
Resided County: Dumfriesshire.
Date of Death: 14/12/1942
Date of Capture: 15/02/1942
Information: Died whilst prisoner of war of colitis.
POW Camp: Formosa
POW Camp: Malai 1, 7888
Other POW Camps: Kinkaseki#2
Information: Parents: John Johnstone Adamson and Agnes Lithgow Adamson, of Brydekirk, Dumfriesshire.
Rank: Signalman
Service Number: 3191032
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Corps Of Signals
Battalion: 80 Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A., Sig. Sec.
Prisoner of War (formerly 80th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Signal Section).
Captured during the Battle of Singapore. Transported on the SS England Maru to Formosa (Taiwan) in October 1942. Died as a prisoner of war of dysentery at Kinkaseki Camp No. 1, Formosa on 14 December 1942.
Originally buried in Kinkaseki Camp Cemetery, his remains were reinterred on 24 July 1947 at Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong.
View cenotaph at Annan Cemetery.
See Cenotaph at 2488 45571.
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR SON JOHN. ONE OF THE BEST THIS WORLD DID HOLD
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