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Sig. Alfred Douglas Trant
Royal Corps of Signals
from:Paignton, Devon
(d.2nd Mar 1944)
My Uncle Doug Trant was a Signalman with the Royal Corps of Signals. He was a Prisoner of War, working on the Burma Railway. The family story is that he burned the soles of his feet on hot bamboo, and was in such poor condition due to the awful treatment by the Japanese that he died. He died in 1944 aged 22, and he is buried in Chungkai War Cemetery in Thailand.
I would love to know how he ended up in Thailand, I suspect he may have been captured at the fall of Singapore, but I don't know for sure. Any information would be appreciated.
Update: Son of Alfred S. Trant and Petrea Trant, of Paignton, Devon. He was attached to III Indian Army Corps of Signals. His brother Clifford also died on service with the Merchant Navy. Alfred Douglas Trant is commemorated on the Brixham 1939 - 1945 War Memorial in Brixham, Devon.