Private Herbert John Clist, (known as Jack), Royal Army Service Corps.
Son of Edward and Emma Louisa Clist,Third Avenue, Lancing, Sussex.
Jack was an apprentice at Southern Railway Carriage Works Lancing Sussex in the upholstery dept. On completion of the apprenticeship, Jack enlisted into the Royal Army Service Corps. After training he was posted to Singapore. On the surrender he was sent to a Prisoner of War Camp, where worked on the Burma Siam Railway, The Death Railway. `After 2 years of internment sadly Jack died of Cholera in camp 30th May 1943, age 26 years.
“In the early 1950’s my mother and Grandfather had a visit from a fellow POW. The Men that survived in the camp had agreed to visit relatives and relay what had happened to their menfolk. This chap stated that after another hard day working on the railway, they returned to camp exhausted. Something happened and their water was not fully boiled. Hence contracting cholera.
Buried at Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar, Japan.
“Golden Memories Silently Kept, We Who Loved Will Never Forget”
The Uncle I never met.
Regards.
Mike King (living relative to Herbert Clist)
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