Antony
Firstname
Drake
Middle Name
Sneezum
Surname
Date of Birth
21 January 1920
School Years:
Date of Death:
1931 - 37
Family
Son of W.E. and G.N.Sneezum of 33 Constitution Hill Ipswich. Brother to Stuart Neville and Gordon who were also O.I.s and served.
School Record
Holden House.
Branch of Service:
Army Suffolk Regt and Intelligence Corps.
Service Number:
5828047
Rank:
Decorations:
Service Record
Sergeant
Campaign Medals.
Post War Career
Served with the 4th/5th Battalion Suffolk Regt. and was part of the surrender in Singapore. He was in a Primary Unit of the Regiment attached to the 18th Division Headquarters where he carried out intelligence duties. He was captured on 15th February 1942 and was at Malal 1 Camp and then incarcerated in Thailand for the remainder of the war, working on the "Railway of Death".
He changed his name to "Betts" after the hostilities.
Burial Information
Additional Information
Archive references;- WO392/26, WO417/43 and 51 and 43/197-2.
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