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Theodore David Hyamson | |||
Rank: | Lieutenant | Number: | 132095 |
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 45th Army Troops Coy | ||
Name of Rgt or Ship: | Royal Engineers attd Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners | ||
Died: | 15/02/1942 | Age: | 28 |
How Died: | Died of Wounds | ||
Country of burial: | Singapore | ||
Cemetery or Memorial: | Singapore Civil Hospital Grave Memorial | ||
Town Memorial: | Not Listed | ||
Extra Information: | |||
Born during the June quarter 1914 in the Edmonton R.D. - ref: 3a/1499, the son of Albert Montefiore & Marie Hyamson (nee Levy). B.Sc., Whitworth Scholar. Joined the Metro-Vicker's Comapny as a School Apprentice in January 1934 and became a College Apprentice in August 1938. On completion of his apprenticeship in the same month he joined the staff of the N. Transformer Department. Joined the R.E. in Novemebr 1939, commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1940 and later posted to the Far East and promoted to the rank of Captain* Died of Wounds in Singapore in February 1942. *Not according to the CWGC who state that he was a Lieutenant. When the Japanese brutaly over-ran the Island, captured wounded Allied soldiers were killed where they lay. Many who were not injured but had surrendered were also murdered. As the Japanese attacked through the Peninsula, their troops were ordered to take no prisoners as they would slow up the Japanese advance. A pamphlet issued to all Japanese soldiers stated: "When you encounter the enemy after landing, think of yourself as an avenger coming face to face at last with his father’s murderer. Here is a man whose death will lighten your heart." It is understood that Theodore was one of those who were killed or murdered by the advancing Japanese Army. Commemorated by name on the Kranji Memorial. |
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Metro-Vickers R.U.F.C. (Sale) | |||
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