MOLES Arthur Leonard

  • First Name(s):
    Arthur 
    Leonard 
  • Surname:
    MOLES
  • Service Number:
    1810608
  • Rank:

    Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Artillery
  • Regiment:
    3 Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    27th September 1943
  • Age At Death:
    32
  • Cause of Death:
    Dysentry
    malaria and malnutrition
  • Place of Death:
    Tha Sao Hospital whilst a prisoner of the Japanese on the Thailand-Burma railway
  • Place of Burial:
    First buried in Tha Sao No 2 (St Luke's) Cemetery, Grave No 288. Moved to Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand, Grave 4. C. 19.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Ernest Henry and Fanny Elizabeth Moles, of Bewdley, Worcestershire

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MOLES Arthur Leonard Is Named On These Memorials

Bewdley War Memorial

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Further Information About MOLES Arthur Leonard

Occupation: Gardener.  Captured on 15th February 1942. To Saigon 4th April 1942. Designated to work Saigon Party, sub group Railway (Hugonin). Work areas: Singapore, Saigon, Kinsaiyok.

Additional information provided by the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre, Kanchanaburi, Thailand:  http://www.tbrconline.com

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Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

A letter from Reverend G.H. Sharpe, The Rectory, Bewdley dated 6th July 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Gunner Arthur Leonard Moles, 3rd HAA Battery R.A. be added to the county roll of honour.

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