Rogers R R 7639358 Pte
R R Rogers donated his Diary to the Imperial War Museum link :- https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030003518
Captured in Singapore 15.2.1942
Prisoner in Changi , Singapore
On the 26 June1942 he was transfered by train to Ban Pong
http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/WW2/Death_Railway/html/ban_pong.htm
The men were designated as Number 5 Work Party , Number 1 Company , Number 1
Work Battalion . comprising of 600 men under the
command of LT/Col Pargeter RCOS
They were tasked to build a Railway Goods Depot (Marshling Yard). Chief
Medical Officer was Major Reed
On the 9th October he arrived at Kan'buri camp
http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/WW2/Death_Railway/html/kan-buri_base.htm
Worked on Railway embankment
On the 21 November, all RAOC were moved to a new area , about 100 yds away
and renamed Number 4 Company , Number 6 Work Batallion.
On the 31 December 1943 , All Thai Stalls were closed by the Japanese due to
reports of Japanese clashes with Thais , all the Kamppongs in the area were
destroyed and the Thais moved out of the area.
Camps he was in:-
Banpong (June - October 1942),
Chungkai (October 1942 - January 1943; April 1943 - August 1944),http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/WW2/Death_Railway/html/chungkai.htm
Bankow and Wan Tow Kien (January - March 1943),
Tarsao (April 1943),
Nakom Pathon (August 1944 - August 1945.
http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/WW2/Death_Railway/html/nakom_pathon.htm