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FEPoW rolls

Far East PoW Rolls

The original impetus for attempting some record of the Far East PoWs of 211 Squadron came after seeing the late Anthea Beckett’s on-line Java Index: British & Commonwealth Prisoners of War Held in Java 1942-1945. Anthea compiled her extensive roll from a range of sources, including the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Ever a gracious lady, she later suspended her activities and her site finally went off-line in December 2007. A version remains on-line at Ron Taylor’s FEPoW Community site.

Meanwhile, Les & Pam Stubbs had published Unsung Heroes of the Royal Air Force: The Far East Prisoners of War in 2002, later kindly brought to my attention by Adrian Fryatt (son of 211 Squadron Armourer the late Jim Fryatt) following correspondence with the late George Money (ex-84 Squadron).

Garnered carefully from a range of official and other sources over some years, the Unsung Heroes roll is an all but complete list of the 6,000 or so RAF personnel held captive in the Far East. Sadly, the state of the source material was such that, for many men, there was no record of their unit, while details of places held may be incomplete for a variety of reasons. These difficulties are set out in the Stubbs’ book.

I have been able to make free use of their most valuable compilation thanks to the kind permission of Pam Stubbs. I must also thank Elizabeth Kaegi in Canada (and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission) for casualty listings for the Squadron extracted from CWGC records.

With some further work, it has now been possible to bring these various records together, the result being the two rolls of known 211 Squadron FEPoWs, shown below. Many of the men shown in these rolls also appear on the 72 OTU roll of airmen posted to the re-forming Squadron in December 1941.

In the Far East From 1942 until 1945, at least 364 personnel of 211 Squadron were held as prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese Army. Of the 346 airmen known to have fallen captive on Java in March 1942, all bar five were groundcrew. All 18 men captured in 1944 and 1945 were aircrew, on operations over Burma.

None of the available sources is without imperfection. While further revision may yet be possible, the rolls below may therefore be incomplete and may contain errors. Perhaps readers will forgive such blemishes.

Died in captivity
The sad facts are that the many thousands of Far East Prisoners of War taken captive by the Japanese were held under appalling conditions of deprivation, to be used as slave labour and treated with savage brutality.

Thus it was that, between 1942 and 1945, at least 186 members of the Squadron (8 aircrew and 178 groundcrew) died while PoWs in Japanese hands: just over half the Squadron members captured in the Far East. In total, far more than all the Squadron’s aircrew killed in action during five years of armed conflict. No less than 51 of them died while aboard Japanese vessels transporting them for forced labour.

While the Squadron Honour Roll includes the last resting place or memorial for these men, the roll below records the places of their captivity and of their death, as far as currently known. Links to individual pages or shorter passages are shown in the usual way.

Name, service no, rank and/or trade

Places held captive

Date and place of death

Ainger, George William 1331770 AC1

Java

Java

30 Dec 1943

Anderson, John Macklewain 1451252 Flt Sgt Nav/W

Shot dead in LZ114 ‘P’ on capture

Burma

13 Jan 1944

Anderton, James 1085594 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

18 Oct 1944

Anderton, William Bramwell 1120401 AC1

Java, Singapore

Tamahoko Maru

24 Jun 1944

Anholm, Ronald 1302851 LAC

Java

Junyo Maru

18 Sep 1944

Arthur, Norman 1118455 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Muna

Muna

29 Mar 1945

Baker, Stanley James 927430 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Muna

Transport 125

8 Nov 1944

Barber, Dennis William 946718 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

3 Oct 1944

Barber, Kenneth Charles 701778 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Ambon

3 Oct 1944

Baron, Albert 1147898 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Muna

Muna

21 Nov 1944

Barton, John 1069791 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

14 Jul 1943

Bates, Edgar Cyril Shipley 618731 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan Death March

7 Jun 1945

Beavis, Victor Frederick 640149 Cpl

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Labuan)

Labuan

5 Feb 1945

Beveridge, James 1361272 AC2

Java

Junyo Maru

18 Sep 1944

Bewley, Edward William Carpenter 567170 Flt Sgt

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

27 May 1943

Bickley, Geoffrey Arthur 1003848 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Muna

Transport 125

8 Nov 1944

Birch, Charles Frederick 940696 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Muna

Muna

31 Oct 1944

Blazley, Thomas William 1330503 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan Death March

4 Jun 1945

Blyth, Johnstone William 1366139 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Probably Sandakan Death March

16 Jun 1945

Boulton, Fred 632480 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon),

Ambon (Laha)

6 Sep 1944

Boutcher, Donald Gerald 565512 Sgt

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan Death March

15 Apr 1945

Bovier, Jack Armand 126159 F/Lt Pilot LZ114

Burma (Rangoon Gaol)

Rangoon Gaol

21 Oct 1944

Bryant, Ernest William 1185504 LAC Driver MT

Java, Sumatra Railway

Sumatra Railway

29 Jun 1945

Burns, Kenneth James 526244 Sgt

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Muna

Muna

1 Nov 1944

Burton, George Harold 814176 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Ambon)

Suez Maru

29 Nov 1943

Camberg, David 990101 AC2

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan

28 Apr 1945

Carroll, Robert 1098479 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Suez Maru

29 Nov 1943

Carter, Evan Vivian 1315262 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Sugi Maru

21 Sep 1944

Clark, Alfred Charles 923452 Cpl

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

probably Sandakan

22 Feb 1945

Clark, Dennis Townsend 924830 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

3 Jun 1943

Cochrane, Ronald 632633 Sgt

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

16 Oct 1944

Cole, Edward Frank 1175158 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan).

Sandakan

19 Jan 1944

Cole, Percy William 940191 LAC

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Probably Sandakan Death March

9 Jun 1945

Collings, Arthur Frederick 945820 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

8 Aug 1943

Collins, Sidney 1359164 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

11 Aug 1943

Constable, Percy Reginald 634150 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)

Muna

13 Nov 1944

Conway, Patrick Richard Barrington 1282160 LAC

Java, SIngapore, Thailand (Hintok)

Hintok

30 Jul 1943

Cosham, Kenneth Frank 1293357 AC2

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan Death March

8 Mar 1945

Cox, Ronald Leslie 649388 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

20 Oct 1944

Croston, Thomas 530013 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Suez Maru

29 Nov 1943

Dalby, James Edward 917767 AC1

Java

Junyo Maru

18 Sep 1944

Davey, Raymond Thomas 920886 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Labuan, Brunei)

Brunei

21 Apr 1945

Davey, William 630718 Cpl

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan

16 Sep 1944

Davidson, Francis 945728 LAC

Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway

Sumatra Railway

20 May 1945

Davidson, John Edmund 632161 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Ambon (Liang)

18 Jul 1944

Davies, Thomas Benjamin 1232082 AC2

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan Death March

19 May 1945

Davis, Christopher 1317077 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Labuan)

Labuan

5 Jan 1945

Dawson, Donald James 88828 F/Lt MO

Java, Singapore

Tamahoko Maru

24 Jun 1944

Deans, James Mccormack 1118163 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

6 Jun 1943

Devonport, George Adam 650110 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

3 Oct 1943

Donaldson, John 954800 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Suez Maru

29 Nov 1943

Dumbleton, Albert 1139355 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

20 Sep 1943

Dunne, Robert Noel 988714 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)

Muna

2 Mar 1945

Eccleshall, Robert Charles 1525542 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Ambon (Liang)

30 Jun 1944

Fairless, Thomas 1236651 LAC

Java, Singapore

Tamahoko Maru

24 Jun 1944

Falltrick, Thomas Albert 650078 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)

Muna

17 Dec 1944

Feltham, Montague Roy 1211363 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan Death March

2 Jul 1945

Fender, John 1103623 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

25 May 1943

Fenton, Ernest Whitworth 1310875 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

22 Jun 1943

Finlay, John Basil 651512 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)

Muna

2 Nov 1944

Fisher, Thomas William Sarginson 993389 Cpl

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Probably Sandakan

23 Mar 1945

Foley, Sidney Richard 1336769 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

29 May 1943

Fox, Ivor Edward 1260307 LAC

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton)

Jesselton

21 Mar 1943

Frew, Hugh Lonsdale 1374299 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Ambon (Weijami)

7 Oct 1944

Furniss, Charles Arthur 868690 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haru)

Haruku

12 Jun 1943

Gates, Alfred Izzard 1099099 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Probably Sandakan

11 Mar 1945

Gavigan, Edmund Patrick 774090 LAC

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan

14 Jan 1945

Gent, William Charles 631481 Sgt

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

Train from Surabaya

 28 Dec 1943

Gibbons, Derek Arthur Leslie 624374 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)

Muna

3 Mar 1945

Gibson, Walter 552272 Cpl

Java, Singapore, Kyushu (Fukuoku area)

Fukuoku area

22 Jan 1944

Giffard, Cyril 639616 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

5 Nov 1944

Gollop, Walter David 1317118 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Probably Sandakan

30 Jun 1945

Goodall, Charles Alexander 508886

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama)

Wakayama

26 Feb 1945

Goodman, A William Smith 1120650 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

10 Aug 1943

Gordon, Frank 1078112 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

11 Noiv 1943

Greenfield, Arthur 1134110 AC2

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Labuan)

Labuan

3 Jan 1945

Groombridge, James Gilbert 913137 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Suez Maru

29 Nov 1943

Hall, Warren Douglas R109174 J86784 P/O, pilot

Shot resisting capture NE539 ‘Z’

Burma

7 May 1944

Hamblin, Reginald Charles 1170132 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Sugi Maru

21 Sep 1944

Harnett, Laurence 625750 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Taiwan Maru

28 Aug 1944

Harris, Charles William 1127239 AC2

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan

30 Apr 1945

Hawkins, William Reginald 1211134 AC1

Java

Junyo Maru

18 Sep 1944

Hayes, Patrick Henry 1336730 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

14 Nov 1944

Hewlett, Albert John 624652 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)

Muna

16 Oct 1944

Hickson, Frank 1495268 AC2

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan

1 Dec 1944

Hill, George William 649400 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

30 Sep 1943

Hind, John Forster 564645 Sgt

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

9 Sep 1943

Hodges, Thomas 1087945 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan

5 Feb 1945

Hodgkinson, Frank 1039619 AC2

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan

16 Oct 1944

Holleran, John 946913 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

14 Oct 1944

Holman, Robert Fenton 908080 LAC

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan Death March

13 May 1945

Hood, William George 541777 Sgt

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)

Muna

13 May 1945

Hopkins, Horace Lloyd 1231012 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

2 Oct 1944

Howcroft, Fred Batty 549616 Sgt

Java

Unrecorded

21 Sep 1944

Humphries, William George 1059747 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Probably Sandakan

24 May 1945

Hunter, George Overen 1014949 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

8 Jun 1943

Hurson, William Redmond 1140213 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)

Muna

11 Nov 1944

Jacobs, Alec 1237236 AC2

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Probably Sandakan Death March

1 Jun 1945

Jamieson, John 645332 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Suigi Maru

22 Sep 1944

Jefferies, John Paul 1055869 AC2

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Probably Sandakan

21 Feb 1945

Jenkinson, George William 1309534 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

24 Jun 1943

Jones, Oswald 1019069 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

23 Oct 1944

Kay, Raymond 1073264 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Labuan)

Labuan

15 Dec 1944

Laker, Edward Christopher 637386 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

5 Sep 1943

Laywood, Roy Lindsay 853001 LAC

Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway

Sumatra Railway

12 May 1945

Lea, Henry Rickerby 1113641 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

29 Oct 1944

Lee, William Alexander 622386 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Suez Maru

29 Nov 1943

Lewis, Harold Victor 406146 Sgt RAAF

Java, Singapore

Tamahoko Maru

24 Jun 1944

Lucas, Cyril Roy George 912998 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan

31 Mar 1945

Luing, John Frederick 121527 F/Lt Pilot, LZ364

Burma (Rangoon Gaol)

Rangoon Gaol

24 Oct 1944

McCooey, Patrick 1205336 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

31 May 1943

McKinnon, Duncan 1346094 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

1 Jul 1943

Manley, Thomas 1086297 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

17 Aug 1943

Mares, Sydney 1209490 AC2

Java

Java

17 Aug 1945

Marsh, Ernest Aubrey 641845 Cpl

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Probably Sandakan Death March

5 Jun 1945

Mason, George 645752 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

10 Oct 1944

Mawdsley, Joseph Anderson 633465 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

9 Oct 1944

Maylam, Harry Edward 1257180 AC2

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Probably Sandakan

10 May 1945

Mendy, Horace John 1309567 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton)

Jesselton

28 Dec 1942

Mickleburgh, Edward Thomas 1291207 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

1 Oct 1944

Middleton, Norman 1326199 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan

30 Mar 1945

Millar, Peter Richard 539095 LAC

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan Death March

21 Jul 1945

Minshull, Alan 621508 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

13 Nov 1944

Moorhouse, John Edward 640837 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

28 Jun 1943

Morgan, Ronald Hugh 646961 LAC

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton)

Jesselton

18 Mar 1943

Morley, Allan Ivan 1202564 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Taiwan Maru

15 Aug 1944

Morris, John Aloysius 977552 AC1

Java

Junyo Maru

18 Sep 1944

Morris, Leslie Herbert 1152386 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

7 Nov 1944

Morris, Rowland Vernun 527412 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Suez Maru

29 Nov 1944

Muckle, Thomas Paterson 633896 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

9 Oct 1944

Mullaney, James 1105761 LAC

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Labuan, Brunei)

Brunei

11 Mar 1945

Myers, Joseph Graham 1171890 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton)

Jesselton

2 Jan 1943

Newell, Benjamin Butler 902459 LAC

Java, Sumatra (Pangkalan Bali)

Pangkalan Bali

24 Jan 1945

Newman, Francis Kenneth 1294019 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan Death March

7 March 1945

Orson, Arthur Ronald 902187 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

10 Oct 1943

Parker, John Graham 176397 P/O, Nav/W NE539

Burma (Rangoon Gaol)

Rangoon Gaol

16 Jul 19455

Parker, Roger Conway 1198371 AC2

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan Death March

14 Mar 1945

Paxton, Arthur 630239 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

6 Jun 1943

Preece, Sydney Charles 637297 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

At sea near Muna

18 Sep 1944

Pulley, Henry Jack 621841 LAC

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama)

Wakayama

13 Jun 1944

Quigg, David John Blair 1079950 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)

Muna

23 Oct 1944

Ratcliffe, William Walmsly 1058262 AC2

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Probably Sandakan

23 Mar 1945

Ray, Derrick David 546670 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Ambon (Weijami)

5 Oct 1944

Read, Leslie Walter 1296836 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Labuan)

Labuan

30 Nov 1944

Richards, Douglas Arthur 1309572 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)

Muna

1 Nov 1944

Richards, Norman 702926 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)

Muna

23 Oct 1944

Roberts, Arthur 968386 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Nichinan Maru

9 Dec 1943

Robson, James Roland 1106425 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Probably Sandakan Death March

13 Jul 1945

Sanderson, Reginald 621609 LAC

Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway

Sumatra Railway

 18 Aug 1945

Sarginson, John George 1053546 AC1

Java, Flores

Flores

22 Jul 1943

Saward, James Edwards 1185335 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Sugi Maru

21 Sep 1944

Scadding, Geoffrey Charles 907342 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

8 Jul 1943

Scott, Kenneth Samuel 625001 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)

Muna

5 Nov 1944

Seal, Cyril Arthur 1120396 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan Death March

2 Mar 1945

Seddon, Thomas 1086234 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

31 May 1943

Sharley, Cyril George 1167816 Sgt WOp/AG

Java

Shot on capture

 9 March 1942

Simpson, George Arthur 944334 AC1

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Probably Sandakan

27 Mar 1945

Sims, Eric 1195232 AC2

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Probably Sandakan

25 May 1945

Sinclair, Robert 1171745 AC1

Java

Junyo Maru

18 Sep 1944

Skedge, Maurice Henry 931023 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

17 Oct 1944

Slaughter, Frederick Keith 628781 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

11 Nov 1944

Slinger, Frank John 1032829 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Ambon (Liang)

22 May 1943

Smith, Douglas Leonard 1152228 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

25 Sep 1944

Southall, Henry Charles 1169108 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

17 Oct 1944

Spencer, Frank Isherwood 619442 LAC

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Sandakan

14 Feb 1945

Stephens, Arthur Ernest 940755 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

12 Jul 1943

Stevens, Ronald Victor John 1336749 AC1

Java

Junyo Maru

18 Sep 1944

Storey, William 1303164 LAC

ava, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

28 May 1943

Taylor, Arnold Lindsay 940694 LAC

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)

Probably Sandakan

28 Mar 1945

Taylor, Jack 858990 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

1 Jun 1943

Thompson, Arnold Albert William 637894 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

28 May 1943

Tout, Robert Ernest George 647676 LAC

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Labuan)

Labuan

11 Dec 1944

Trotter, John Alexander 527609 Sgt

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

2 Aug 1943

Tyler, Cecil John 1232861 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

27 May 1943

Valentine, Peter Thomas 650750 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)

Muna

22 Oct 1944

Venning, Reginald Edgecumbe Leslie 565794 Sgt

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Ambon (Liang)

27 Jun 1944

Ward, Joseph William 979024 AC1

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

5 Aug 1943

Warrender, John Cowan 624160 Cpl

Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway

Sumatra Railway

30 Apr 1945

Weller, Arthur Leonard 940195 LAC

Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Labuan)

Labuan

15 Feb 1945

West, Arthur Dennis 1272550 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

31 May 1943

White, Gordon James 136061 F/O Nav/W LZ364

Buma (Rangoon Gaol)

Rangoon Gaol

13 Apr 1944

White, Stanley William 635194 LAC

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

Haruku

17 Jun 1943

White, Thomas Dillon 1287897 AC1

Java

Junyo Maru

18 Sep 1944

Whittaker, Robert Arthur 626386 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

At sea, to Muna

9 Oct 1944

Wood, Percival Henry 1401948 AC2

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)

Maros Maru

13 Oct 1944

Young, Thomas 527248 Cpl

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)

Muna

1 Nov 1944

Lest we forget

Survived captivity
A roll of the 178 known 211 Squadron FEPoW survivors of the air campaigns of 1942 (Netherlands East Indies) and 1944 and 1945 (Burma), showing the places of their captivity (as far as now known). Links to individual pages or shorter passages are shown in the usual way. For some few others, brief notes of their service are in the Remarks column.

Name, service no, rank and/or trade

Places held captive

Remarks

Abbs, Leonard William 615342

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway

 

Adams, Edward James 1302244

Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway

 

Adams, John 1287886

Java

 

Alster, Rudolf 775052

Java

 

Anderson, James Brown 1372126

Java.Singapore, Sumatra Railway

 

Anderson, William Graham 639604

Java

 

Bacon, Walter Hedley 634782

Java, Sumatra Railway

 

Baker, Roland Eric 637291

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java

 

Baldwin, Raymond John 552256

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)

 

Barraclough, Ronald William 103257 F/O

Java

P/O Equipment Branch RAFVR 1941, F/O 1942, commission relinquished 1954

Bennett, Henry 867353

Java

 

Betts, William Edward 623559

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Sumatra Railway

 

Biddulph, Vincent 937570

Java, Moluccas (Haruku)

 

Billington, William Kenneth 1103816

Java, Sumatra Railway

 

Blake, George William 638733

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Junyo Maru, Sumatra Railway

 

Bond Thomas Creswell 637605

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore

 

Bott Richard Antony EAGLE 637389

Java, Sumatra Railway

 

Bright, John William 85322 F/Lt

Java

P/O (prob) Admin & SD Branch RAFVR Aug 1940, F/O Aug 1941, Squadron Adjutant 1942
Commission relinquished 1957

Brown, George 1361312

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Budrey, James Victor Mitchell 648877

Java, Sumatra (Pangkalan Bali), Singapore

LAC MT Driver of 211 Squadron in Greece (evacuated from Kithera aboard HMS Hyacinth), and of 72 OTU,

Burns, Edward 1023189

Java

 

Byford, Gordon Arthur 624016

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java, Singapore

 

Cains, Charles Albert 568367

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java,
Sumatra Railway

Cpl Cains, Fitter II, later Sgt, survivor Junyo Maru

Callaghan, Joseph Dennis 138079 F/O

Burma (Rangoon Gaol)

Nav/W NV553 2 Feb 1945

Catterall, Young Foster 1482244

Java, Sumatra Railway

 

Chalmers, James Samuel Bell 629261

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore,
Sumatra Railway

 

Chappell, William Charles 1196652

Java, Sumatra, (Pangkalan Bali), Singapore

 

Clark, Alan Gilbert 702080

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore

 

Clater, Richard Kenneth 1170209

Java

 

Clift, Percy William 1095028

Java, Moluccas (Ambon), Java

 

Collis, John Ernest 943008

Java

 

Cooper, EL

Java, Singapore, Honshu

 

Crabb, Cyril 940203

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Crawford, John 701730

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Crosby, Howard 1041041

Java, Sumatra Railway

 

Cross, Donald 544014

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java

 

Cuddy, Alfred Keith J16295

Burma (Rangoon Gaol)

Pilot LZ232 27 Aug 1944

Cullingworth, Robert 628689

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)

 

Cureton, George 1137701

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)

 

Cursons, Gordon Alfred 1161467

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, SIngapore

 

Darley, Robert 1125462

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Sumatra Railway

Survivor Junyo Maru

David, Ivor 964885

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)

 

Davies, George Victor 543769

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)

 

Davis, George William 1087242

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java, Singapore

 

Davis, Trevor George 940706

Java, Moluccas (Ambon), Java

 

Dean, Thomas William

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java, Singapore

 

Devine, John 1054114

Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway

 

Dickason, Alfred John 1385341

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)

 

Dudley, John 955817

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Sumatra Railway

 

Dulson, Peter 1152288

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Dumas, Raymond Geoffrey 940202

Java, Sumatra Railway

 

Dunbar, George 546840

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Osaka)

 

Dunk, John Robert 1266747

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)

 

Eaton, Robert James 1201048

Java, Sumatra (Pangkalan Bali) Singapore

 

Ehrman, Ludwig 774584

Java

 

Ellis, William John 1319510

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Evans, Mevyn James 985534

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)

 

Ferguson, Allan Clark 1321315

Burma (Rangoon Gaol)

Nav/W NE516 ‘Y’ 13 Jun 1945

Fitzpatrick, Michael Joseph 1346924

Java

 

Ford, Ernest 1001761

Java, Singapore

 

Foster, Stephen Cuthbert 1013880

Java

 

Fox, Jack (Freddy) 546674

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore

 

Foxwell, Clarence Murray 407148 RAAF

Java, Singapore, Thailand

84 Squadron from 21 Feb 1942

Fraser, John Stewart 648070

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Friend, Arthur Dixson 1302908

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java

 

Fullwood, Albert Edwin Edward 940710

Java

 

Gallagher, Andrew James 1035237

Java

 

Gamble, Joseph 1013042

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Gamlin, Frederick Thomas 175399

Burma (Rangoon Gaol)

Pilot NE713 ‘Z’ 12 Aug 1944

Ganderton, Philip 1213717

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Gardner, Patrick Terence O’Reilly 1440959

Java, Sinagpore, Sumatra Railway

 

Gosling, Edward WIlliam 1309863

Java

 

Graham, William Simpson

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)

 

Grant, William 1385851

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore

 

Grove, Gordon Charles 1269719

Java

 

Haakenson, Malfred Johan Carl

Burma (Rangoon Gaol)

Pilot NE516 ‘Y’ 13 Jun 1945

Handley, Thomas Arthur 546266

Java, Sumatra Railway

 

Harris, Edmund William 1184324

Java, Moluccas (Ambon), Java, Singapore

 

Heron, Arnold William 1109075

Java, Moluccas (Ambon), Java, Singapore

 

Hill, Arthur James

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore

 

Horan, Matthew 624097

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore

 

Hughes, Harry W/O 82656

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Hughes, Reginald Arthur 1013198

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Hunt, Albert 1005928

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java

 

Hunt, Thomas Harold 1289052

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java

 

Jeanes, Neville R (Observer, 1942) 406107 RAAF

Java, Singapore, Thailand,

Att 84 Squadron?

Johnston, Eric Stanley 569767

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore

 

Jones, David Alan 924530

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno

Att 84 Squadron

Jones, Edward Whitmore 918647

Java

 

Jones, Meyrick 1407004

Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway

 

Jones, William Idris 1262179

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Jordan, George William 101680 (sic)

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java

 

Kerswill, Ronald James Charles 546375

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore

 

Kinsella, Thomas 626543

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)

 

Kissin, Abraham 774575

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java

 

Leach, Ellis Stanley 190168 W/O Pilot

Burma (Rangoon Gaol)

Pilot NV553 2 Feb 1945

Leece, Douglas Henry 1073444

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java

 

Leggett, Stanley George 1331278

Java, Singapore, Hokkaido (Hakadate) Kyushu (Yawata)

 

Logan, Lawrence James 567209

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

McCormack, Thomas 1067549

Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway

 

MacDonald, John Lindsay 640513

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore

 

McKechnie, James 804384

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore

 

McKendrick, George 623308

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java

 

MacMillan, Henry 1102565

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Mahony, Michael Joseph 1020646

Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway

 

Marriott, George Henry 1068851

Java, Sumatra Railway

 

Matheson, Colin Kenneth 283378 RAAF

Java, Burma (Moulmein), Thailand

Cypher Officer 5 Jan 1942

Mearns, Bernard Brodie 1550874

Burma (Rangoon Gaol)

Nav/W, NE713 ‘Z’ 12 Aug 1944

Merry, Leonard Allen 1214983

Probably Java, Singapore, Thailand

 

Millar. James Minto 1374149

Java

 

Montgomery, William James 539814

Java, Sumatra (Pangkalan Bali), SIngapore

 

Moore, Richard Glanville Andrew 1086645

Java, Sumatra (Pangkalan Bali), SIngapore

 

Morgan, Joseph 630704

Java

 

Morris, Cyril James 977705

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore

 

Muir, Thomas Harrison 1367343

Java

 

Murray, Daniel 541445

Java

 

Muuray, Leonard 999992

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore

 

Nicholson, David George 622234

Java

 

Ninnis, Ernest Leon 639927

Java, Sumatra Railway

 

Oblein, James Henry 1602241

Burma (Rangoon Gaol)

Nav/W NE762 ‘E’ 27 Sep 1944

Onions, Joseph James Henry 940196

Java, Singapore, Thailand (Hintok), Sinagpore

 

Owens, John Joseph 633923

Java

 

Patey, Ernest William 1282168

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore

 

Pegg, Thomas Gregory 1531817

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)

 

Pettitt, William James 628869

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)

 

Platten, Kenneth Alderson 949543

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Pottinger, Donald Malcolm 1381981 F/Sgt

Burma (Rangoon Gaol)

Nav/W LZ122 ‘R’ 15 Feb 1944

Price, Benjamin Alan 1156482

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Ahama)

 

Price, Harold George 1110095

Java

 

Prior, John George Clifton 566285

Java

 

Reed, George Haydn 648993

Java

 

Revett, Herbert John 545706

Java

See Abbs, Fryatt

Reynolds, Rex 1053432

Java

 

Richards, Raymond Beresford 1261326

Java

 

Riley, Edwin Tillotson 1073054

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore

 

Robbins, Leonard Charles Frederick 1244893

Java, Sumatra (Pangkalan Bali), Singapore

 

Robertson, Charles Keith 988946

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)

 

Robertson, John Stuart 1059726

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Mitsushima)

 

Robinson, Francis James 1260595

Java, Sumatra Railway

 

Robson, Charles William 979816

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna, Makassar), Java

 

Runnacles, Ivon Georges 644059

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Russell, John 1346986

Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway

 

Sanderson, George Robertson 639172

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java

 

Scanlon, Michael Francis 1101286

Java,Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java

 

Sharpe, Arthur James 128599

Burma (Rangoon Gaol)

PIlot, LZ122 ‘R’ 15 Feb 1944

Shaw, Samuel 991510

Java, Sumatra (Pangkalan Bali), Singapore

 

Shippin, Albert 151548

Burma (Rangoon Gaol)

Pilot NE762 ‘E’ 27 Sep 1944

Sim, Leslie Robert 1100099

Java, Sumatra Railway

 

Simmons, Charles Findlay 950409

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Simmons, Charles Henry 1189203

Java, Sumatra (Pangkalan Bali), Singapore

 

Simpson, Charles Ian Burgess 968707

Java

 

Smart, Joseph Albert 9406296

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore

 

Smith, Bertram 960946

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Statham, Robert Anthony 853033

Java

 

Stephens, Howard Garfield 541488

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna, Makassar), Java

 

Stephens, John William 940755

Java, Sumatra (Pangkalan Bali), Singapore

 

Stubbs, Peter James 1181899

Java, Sumatra (Pangkalan Bali), Singapore

 

Sutcliffe, Frank 1260207

Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway

 

Taylor,Frank 1105367

Java

 

Taylor, John Henderson 539918

Java

 

Thomas, Thomas William 631343

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore

 

Thorne,Lionel Frederick 638223

Java

 

Tomlinson, Ambrose Rupert

Burma (Rangoon Gaol)

Nav/W LZ232 27 Aug 1944

Topliss, Alan Withington 639131

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java

 

Tully,Frederick Raymond 962708

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java, Singapore

 

Upchurch, Eric Charles 1336706

Java, Sumatra (Pangkalan Bali), Singapore

 

Wade, Gordon Sidney Albert 624123

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Ward, John 642337

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)

 

Ward, Walter 1015634

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Ikuno)

 

Westgarth Leonard Albert

Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway

 

Wildish, Charles William Thomas 649399

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Ikuno)

 

Williams, Raymond Lewis "Dai"

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon); Celebes (Muna, Makassar)

 

Wood, Herbert Charles

Java, Sumatra Railway

 

Woolf, Arthur Lewis 1011934

Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java

 

Worral,Harold 1108239

Java

 

Worrell, Frederick Gordon 925199

Java, Sumatra Railway

Survivor Junyo Maru

Wright, Harry (WOp/AG, 1942)

Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)

 

Wright, Ronald William 957373

Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java, Singapore

Att 84 Squadron?

Eric Stanley “Johnny” Johnston 569767
Born in 1920, ex-211 Halton-trained Fitter/Armourer Eric Stanley Johnston had joined the RAF in 1936. By September 1941 he had been made Flight Sergeant in his trade.

Posting to the Middle East followed in November. There he joined 211 Squadron in January 1942, as they were working up for their move to the Far East and war with Japan. He was among the 346 men of 211 Squadron known to have been taken captive at the fall of Java in March 1942.

In April 1943, 2,070 mainly RAF personnel were paraded at Jaarmarkt Camp in Sourabaya, Java, destined for Pelauw on Haruku Is to build an airstrip. The conditions endured by the PoWs either in transit, on Haruku or later on Ambon were such that few survived. Johnny Johnston and Len Abbs were two of them. Johnny’s daughter Amanda kindly offered this stark photograph of some of the survivors.

    One day after liberation, Singapore
    One day after liberation, Singapore (Johnston family)
    Johnny Johnston is standing in the 2nd row, 3rd from the left, arms at his sides.

Repatriated to the UK, Johnston remained in the RAF until 1950 before returning to civilian life, his own business, marriage and parenthood. Eric Stanley “Johnny” Johnston died in 1989 some six months before his 70th birthday. Amanda’s biography of her late father is recorded in the since-archived BBC People’s War collection. Her accounts of the conditions endured by FEPoWs on Haruku and Ambon are to be found on COFEPOW site.

Raymond Lewis "Dai" Williams 623168
Ray or Dai Williams had joined the RAF pre-war, in 1938 from his service number. Certainly with 211 Squadron in December 1941 if not before, Corporal Williams was listed on the 72 OTU
roll of groundcrew departing Wadi Gazouza to reform the Squadron at Helwan for the January 1942 movement to the Far East. On Java in March 1942, Dai was one of a party of six 211 Squadron Sergeants who attempted to escape from Java from Parigi, some 12 miles west of Tjilatjap. The sea conditions along the South coast of Java defeated them.

    DaiWilliamsPoW72
    Dai Williams, FEPoW c1942 (Williams/Samuel collection)
    By courtesy of his niece Sian, this photograph shows the late Dai Williams (centre, middle row), while a PoW at Cycle Camp on Java in 1942.

Held captive in the Moluccas at Haruku and Ambon, and in the Celebes at Muna and Makassar, Dai was one of those involved in a very late movement by sea to Makassar in July 1945. He survived. Some of his story is recorded in Prisoners in Java, the collected stories of the Java FEPoW 1942 Club. Raymond Lewis "Dai" Williams passed away in July 2001.

Further reading
There is a considerable body of published writing on this dark and difficult subject. The partial list below is of mainly personal accounts. Two or three of them relate to, or include, 211 Squadron men.

Besley H MM Pilot—Prisoner—Survivor (Darling Downs Institute Press 1986)
Hudson L The Rats of Rangoon (Leo Cooper 1987)
Ganderton P Far East PoW Memories of Java (2006)
Home J Their Last Tenko (Quoin 1989)
Java FEPoW 1942 Club Prisoners in Java (Hamwic 2007)
Kenneison R Playing For Malaya: A Eurasian Family and the Pacific War (NUS 2012)
Lomax E The Railway Man (Jonathon Cape 1995)
McCormack CE DCM You’ll Die In Singapore (Robert Hale 1954)
McEwan J The Remorseless Road: Singapore to Nagasaki (Airlife 1997)
Rorke P SJ The Wisdom of Adversity (reprinted in Greatness of Heart, Family Publications 1988)
Walker A Australia in the War of 1939—1945: Medical Series Vol II Middle East and Far East (AWM 1953)

Founded in 1997, the COFEPOW charity also does a great deal of valuable work in this field. Their website includes a Research Database, an extensive Books list, and a number of other personal accounts.

Sources
211 Squadron Operations Record Book TNA AIR 27/1303
211 Squadron Appendices
TNA AIR 27/1304 to AIR 27/1310

Air Ministry Index to Airmen and Airwomen, National Archives UK AIR 78
Commonwealth War Graves Commission records

Air Historical Branch RAF Narrative: The Campaigns in the Far East Vol II Malaya, Netherlands East Indies and Burma (Air Ministry/MLRS)
London Gazette 1948:
Maltby Report on Air Operations During the Campaigns in Malaya and Netherlands East Indies Dec 1941—Mar 1942 HMSO

Abbs L correspondence with author
Johnston A correspondence with author re E
Johnston
Samuel S correspondence with author re RL
Williams
Stubbs P correspondence with author

L & P Stubbs Unsung Heroes of the Royal Air Force: The Far East Prisoners of War (Barny Books 2002)

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