Timeline - Ernest Frederick Linsell. Pte. 5833038

1913, September 8 – Born

1940, April 13 – Married

1940, June 24 – Enlisted (4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment)

1940, August – Shingle Street source

1942, February 12 – Captured source

1942, February 15 – Changi Jail (start) source (Interrogation Questionnaire)

1942, February 15 – British Commonwealth forces in Singapore surrendered source

1942, October 10 – Changi Jail (finish) source (Interrogation Questionnaire)

1942, October 18 – left train station for Formosa (Taiwan). #2 Concentration camp source (Index Card)

1943, November – Death Railway completed

1944, January 19 – Moved to camp #4 in Formosa (Taiwan) source (Index Card)

1944, June 18 – Arrived @ Fukuoka #17 (Japan) source (Lensell, Ernest,Pte,6833038)

1944, September 21 – Survived the Sinking of the Hofuku Maru source (Philippines)

1944, Bilibid POW Camp (Manila Philippines)

1944, October 1 – Boarded Hellship in Manila – Hokusen Maru source source

1944, October 3 – Joined convoy and departed source

1944, October 11 – Arrived in Hong Kong source

1944, October 21 – Sailed for Formosa (Taiwan) source

1944, October 24 – Arrived in Takao Formosa (Taiwan) source

1944, November – Takao Formosa (Taiwan)

1945, January 13 – Boarded the Melbourne Maru source

1945, January 14 – Set sail for Port Moji, Kyushu Japan source

1945, January 23 – Arrived in Port Moji, Kyushu, Japan source

Back to Fukuoka #17 by train source

1945, February 11 – Moved to Fukuoka camp #17 source (Index Card)

1945, August 9 – ‘Fat Man’ Flattened Nagasaki

1945, September 12 – Liberated!

1945, September 15 – Transferred to Port of Nagasaki and Colonel Griffin took custody source (Index Card)

1945, September 26 – PassengerList-124A-Part1.pdf Page 37 Passenger no. 484 USS Howze. Point of discharge San Fransisco, California

1945, October 15 – San Francisco

1946, January 19 – Release Leave Certificate – source

1946, February 6 – No.1 Military Dispersal Unit, Redford Barracks, Edinburgh source

1994, April 16 – Died