Individual Details

Richard David Harrison

(27 Feb 1917 - 11 Feb 1952)

Events

Birth27 Feb 1917Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Military1937Johore Volunteer Engineers - Johore, Malaya
Military1939 - 1945Allied POW Camps, Thailand
Military service1939 - 1945WW2 Malaya
Military15 Feb 1942
Military10 Jun 1944Source: Red Cross Post Card sent home. - Camp No.4, Thailand
Military1 Nov 1944POW Camp - Thailand
Marriage6 Apr 1946The Old Church,, Hove, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - Pamela Martyn Leapman
Death11 Feb 1952Killed by bandits - Johore, Malaya
Burial12 Feb 1952at 4pm. Source: The Straits Times, 12 Feb 1952 Page 6 - Cheras Road Cemetery,, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Families

SpousePamela Martyn Leapman (1920 - 2012)
ChildMartyn Devereux Harrison
ChildRosamond Diana Judy Harrison (1949 - 1970)
FatherRichard Walter Harrison (1866 - 1936)
MotherKatharine Wheeler (1881 - 1952)

Notes

Death

HARRISON R.D.[Richard David] born27.2.1917 Hove? Staff, Selangor Group, Kepong Rubber Estates Ltd. EnlistedVolunteer Forces 1937. Sapper 920 Johore Volunteer Engineers POW Changi,Singapore to Thailand 28.10.42. POW camps in Thailand: Kinsayok, Kanu,Chungkai, Tamuang then ending the war at Pratchai. Wife post war Pamela.Post-war: Assistant Manager, Voules Estate, Johore. Killed by CTs 11.2.52[aged35] in the Malayan Emergency the 64th planter killed. 2 children.