Samuel (Sammie) Ambrose Blaydes 1905-1967
Samuel Ambrose Blaydes 1905-1967 Born in 1905, father Frederic Ambrose Wilford Blaydes (Page-Turner) 1882 – 1936 and his Malaysian Mother probably born in Simanggang where his father was posted at the time. Samuel (Sammie) Ambrose Blaydes 1905-1967 seated 2nd from left first son of FAW P-T Sarawak , School Photograph Taken in Singapore where Samuel was educated Interned at Batu Lintang camp in early 1942 following the Japanese invasion and occupation of Sarawak (also known as Lintang Barracks and Kuching POW camp ) at Kuching , Sarawak on the island of Borneo was a Japanese -run internment camp during the Second World War . It was unusual in that it housed both Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian internees . The camp, which operated from March 1942 until the liberation of the camp in September 1945, was house...