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Ching, Hsiao Chu

Date of birth:
July 1913 (Qiji, China)
Date of death:
December 1943 (British India)
Buried on:
World War II Cemetery Cum Botanical Garden
Nationality:
Chinese (1912-1949, Republic)

Biography

Major Hsiao Chu Ching was Company Commander of 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion of 10th Regiment, Independent Engineers of Chinese Army stationed in India.

Presumable died during the construction of the Ledo Road also known as the Stilwell Road.
This road was built by the Americans and in collaboration with the Chinese Expeditionary Force (C.E.F.) in support of the combat in China between the Allies and Japanese forces.

The cemetery located along the Ledo Road was re-discovered in 1997. The epitaph was written in Chinese characters and the Chinese name was translated as Hsiao Chu Ching.

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