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Eugene Arthur Griffs was the son of Richard Arthur Griffs (abt.1883-) and Ivy Elizabeth (Jones) Griffs.
He was born on the 15th of March 1918 and baptised on the 10th of April that year at St Ignatius Catholic Church, Jacob Circle, Bombay. The family lived in Lower Parel; his father was noted as Anglo-Indian and employed by B.B. Railway.[1]
Eugene Arthur Griffs was a private in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) working as a Proof Reader and was a prisioner at the Malaya POW camp following capture on the 15th of February 1942. [2]
There is a record in the War Office: Japanese Index Cards of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees, Second World War, 1942-1945 collection providing the following details about Eugene:
Anther record set, detailing British POWs held in Japanese Occupied Territory, lists Eugene, giving a date of liberation of 2nd September 1945, camp reference as MA. In the Remarks column Medical is typed and handwritten underneath that is Dead. [3]
A gravestone for Eugene Arthur Griffs stands at the Delhi War Cemetery. The inscription details: 7535352 Private. E.A. Griffs. Royal Army Medical Corps. 2nd November 1945. Age 27." A photograph of the stone can be seen on the FindaGrave entry for him.[4]
There are several other PoW records that Eugene appears in that are available on FindMyPast. They don't add any further parrticular information. [5]
The liberation date of 2nd of September 1945 suggests Eugene was in a PoW camp in Penang as this is the date of the liberation of the island under Operation Jurist following Japan's surrender in August. However, no camps are listed in Penang[6]
Commonwealth War Graves Record page[7] This details Eugene as " Son of Richard Arthur Griffs, and of Ivy Elizabeth Griffs, of Feltham, Middlesex."
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