He appears on this page listing men who received their training at RAF Halton. He was based at Seletar (Singapore). March 8th, 1942 was the date of the surrender of Java.
http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/36.htm
Here is a summary of the withdrawal of men from Singapore who ended up being captured on Java, he may well have been one of them.
https://www.cofepow.org.uk/armed-for...raf-in-se-asia