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World War Two / Re: Changi POW
« on: Saturday 26 December 09 18:06 GMT (UK) »
Just a little to add to the above:
W. H. Boyes was Wilfred Hayden so unlikely to be the maker of the box. Sgt William Boyes was captured in Hong Kong so was never in Changi, likewise W. J. L. Boyes who was held in Hong Kong. The only one of the list of British prisoners that it could be is third on the list, Driver Boyes who was captured in Singapore and therefore would have been in Changi.
I don't have full access to the Australian records so can't speak of any Boyes who may have served and returned home. The William Boyes mentioned above was in Changi but he died on the Sandakan death march. It is unlikely that any of his personal possessions found their way home.
W. H. Boyes was Wilfred Hayden so unlikely to be the maker of the box. Sgt William Boyes was captured in Hong Kong so was never in Changi, likewise W. J. L. Boyes who was held in Hong Kong. The only one of the list of British prisoners that it could be is third on the list, Driver Boyes who was captured in Singapore and therefore would have been in Changi.
I don't have full access to the Australian records so can't speak of any Boyes who may have served and returned home. The William Boyes mentioned above was in Changi but he died on the Sandakan death march. It is unlikely that any of his personal possessions found their way home.