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Arthur Wemyss Gordon Sutherland

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Wemyss Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Sutherland AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jock AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 106132 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 106132 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2 POW - Singapore, Singapore Chris Brooks POW research
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Arthur Duncan Sutherland and Ethel Gordon Sutherland; husband of Ethel Amelia Sutherland. M.B. In the biographical index at the back of “The Burma-Siam Railway: The secret diary of Dr Robert Hardie 1942-45” (Quadrant, 1984) there is an entry for Captain Sutherland. Sutherland, Arthur Wemyss. Source: New Zealand War Graves Project.

    Prisoner of war in the Thailand / Burma Railway. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    8 August 1945 AWMM
    Age 37 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand AWMM 2. L. 32. AWMM
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  • Obituary
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