MINT BOXED WW2 JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR GROUP, 197th FIELD AMBULANCE MINT BOXED WW2 JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR GROUP, 197th FIELD AMBULANCE

MINT BOXED WW2 JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR GROUP, 197th FIELD AMBULANCE

Mint boxed 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, 1939-45 War Medal in the original O.H.M.S postal box
addressed To-
MR.W.B.YULE.
18 LONG STONE AVE,
SLATEFORD,
EDINBURGH
With the return address on the reverse for the R.A.M.C records office, Winchester.
3186693.Private Walter Balmer Yule was born 20-10-1915 and enlisted in to the R.A.M.C in Jedburgh 27-4-1939. He was serving with the 197th field ambulance when he was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese forces at the fall of Singapore 15-2-42. He was held at Roberts hospital & Selerang hospital in Changi from 1942 to 1944 & then at Kranj hospital 1944 to 1945. He was liberated in September 1945 & whilst in captivity suffered from dysentery & tropical ulcers.
EF/MINT & Complete with copy POW record cards & copy liberation questionnaire.

Code: 58530

165.00 GBP