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Private John Abbott of the 1/5th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters

Far East

Lived in Marlpool Nottingham and a Labourer by Trade. Private Abbott enlisted into the 5th Battalion in 1941 before transferring to the Army Catering Corps. He served with the BEF in France and evacuated at Dunkirk. With the rest of the Battalion, Private Abbott was taken POW on the fall of Singapore on 14th February 1942. Together with his battalion, they were put to work. Private Abbott was evacuated from Pratchai on 2nd April 1945.

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