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NX37544 - QUINTON, Reginald George, Pte. - BHQ Coy. D&P Pl.
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Australian War Memorial caption reads:
BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-16. PRIVATE R. C. QUINTON, 2/30TH INFANTRY BATTALION, SEATED ON THE MAIN STEPS OF THE BANGKOK RED CROSS HOSPITAL DISPLAYING THE ARTIFICIAL LEG MADE FOR HIM WHILE A PRISONER OF WAR (POW) OF THE JAPANESE BY SERGEANT R. WILSTONCROFT, 2/12TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY AT THE PATON POW HOSPITAL, NAKON.
Right leg amputated below knee, 7/7/1944; recovered from Japanese in Thailand on 20/8/1945; emplaned Singapore on 6/10/1945 for return to Australia; arrived Melbourne 8/10/1945; then by train to Sydney, arrived 9/10/1945
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