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|Surname and forenames=Purkis Frederick R (may be Purkiss)
|Army number=1557955
|Rank=Gunner 
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery.  Posted to 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Taken Prisoner.   Recovered from Japanese PoW Camp.
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|Prisoner of War=Yes.  Captured Singapore 15/2/1942.
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|Home address=No family information as yet.
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