Casualty List Records
Casualty list no 782 - Recording Frank is missing
Casualty list no 1152 - Recording Frank is a POW and changed unit to REME
Casualty list no 1900 - Recording Frank's Release from POW Camp
Japanese Index Cards
We believe that an "S" was added incorrectly to some records so Frank is shown as Frank Matthews on some documents. His service number remains the same.
Acknowledgements, Sources and References
We would like to reference the following websites and people for their help and reference material that has helped us compile Frank's story.
Steve Roberts - Military Ancestry Historian and Fellow Frontline Walker
COFEPOW - https://www.cofepow.org.uk/
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore
FindMyPast - https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
Forces War Records - forces-war-records.co.uk
Roy Collins Memorial Site - http://roycollins.me.uk
Far Eastern Heroes - https://www.far-eastern-heroes.org.uk/
Britain at War - https://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/