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George Eric Bray CROXON
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Private, 5827605, 5th Battalion The Suffolk Regiment, taken Prisoner of War by the Japanese at the surrender of Singapore February 15 1941, transported to Thailand for the building of the notorious Thai/Burma railway October 1942, and died of cholera July 28 1943, age 25. Eldest son of Frederick and Maud Croxon of Rooks Street. Before joining the forces he was employed by Horace Simpkins, Market Gardener, Cottenham. Commemorated on the Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 55.
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