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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.
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Name, service no, rank and/or trade
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Places held captive
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Date and place of death
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Ainger, George William 1331770 AC1
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Java
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Java
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30 Dec 1943
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Anderson, John Macklewain 1451252 Flt Sgt Nav/W
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Shot dead in LZ114 ‘P’ on capture
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Burma
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13 Jan 1944
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Anderton, James 1085594 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Maros Maru
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18 Oct 1944
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Anderton, William Bramwell 1120401 AC1
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Java, Singapore
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Tamahoko Maru
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24 Jun 1944
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Anholm, Ronald 1302851 LAC
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Java
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Junyo Maru
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18 Sep 1944
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Arthur, Norman 1118455 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Muna
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Muna
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29 Mar 1945
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Baker, Stanley James 927430 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Muna
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Transport 125
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8 Nov 1944
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Barber, Dennis William 946718 Cpl
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Maros Maru
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3 Oct 1944
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Barber, Kenneth Charles 701778 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Ambon
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3 Oct 1944
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Baron, Albert 1147898 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Muna
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Muna
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21 Nov 1944
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Barton, John 1069791 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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14 Jul 1943
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Bates, Edgar Cyril Shipley 618731 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan Death March
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7 Jun 1945
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Beavis, Victor Frederick 640149 Cpl
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Labuan)
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Labuan
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5 Feb 1945
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Beveridge, James 1361272 AC2
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Java
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Junyo Maru
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18 Sep 1944
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Bewley, Edward William Carpenter 567170 Flt Sgt
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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27 May 1943
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Bickley, Geoffrey Arthur 1003848 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Muna
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Transport 125
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8 Nov 1944
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Birch, Charles Frederick 940696 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Muna
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Muna
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31 Oct 1944
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Blazley, Thomas William 1330503 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan Death March
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4 Jun 1945
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Blyth, Johnstone William 1366139 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Probably Sandakan Death March
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16 Jun 1945
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Boulton, Fred 632480 Cpl
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon),
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Ambon (Laha)
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6 Sep 1944
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Boutcher, Donald Gerald 565512 Sgt
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan Death March
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15 Apr 1945
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Bovier, Jack Armand 126159 F/Lt Pilot LZ114
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Burma (Rangoon Gaol)
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Rangoon Gaol
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21 Oct 1944
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Bryant, Ernest William 1185504 LAC Driver MT
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Java, Sumatra Railway
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Sumatra Railway
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29 Jun 1945
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Burns, Kenneth James 526244 Sgt
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Muna
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Muna
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1 Nov 1944
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Burton, George Harold 814176 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Ambon)
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Suez Maru
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29 Nov 1943
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Camberg, David 990101 AC2
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan
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28 Apr 1945
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Carroll, Robert 1098479 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Suez Maru
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29 Nov 1943
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Carter, Evan Vivian 1315262 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Sugi Maru
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21 Sep 1944
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Clark, Alfred Charles 923452 Cpl
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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probably Sandakan
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22 Feb 1945
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Clark, Dennis Townsend 924830 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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3 Jun 1943
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Cochrane, Ronald 632633 Sgt
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Maros Maru
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16 Oct 1944
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Cole, Edward Frank 1175158 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan).
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Sandakan
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19 Jan 1944
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Cole, Percy William 940191 LAC
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Probably Sandakan Death March
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9 Jun 1945
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Collings, Arthur Frederick 945820 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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8 Aug 1943
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Collins, Sidney 1359164 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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11 Aug 1943
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Constable, Percy Reginald 634150 Cpl
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)
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Muna
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13 Nov 1944
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Conway, Patrick Richard Barrington 1282160 LAC
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Java, SIngapore, Thailand (Hintok)
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Hintok
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30 Jul 1943
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Cosham, Kenneth Frank 1293357 AC2
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan Death March
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8 Mar 1945
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Cox, Ronald Leslie 649388 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Maros Maru
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20 Oct 1944
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Croston, Thomas 530013 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Suez Maru
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29 Nov 1943
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Dalby, James Edward 917767 AC1
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Java
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Junyo Maru
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18 Sep 1944
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Davey, Raymond Thomas 920886 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Labuan, Brunei)
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Brunei
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21 Apr 1945
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Davey, William 630718 Cpl
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan
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16 Sep 1944
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Davidson, Francis 945728 LAC
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Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway
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Sumatra Railway
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20 May 1945
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Davidson, John Edmund 632161 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Ambon (Liang)
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18 Jul 1944
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Davies, Thomas Benjamin 1232082 AC2
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan Death March
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19 May 1945
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Davis, Christopher 1317077 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Labuan)
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Labuan
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5 Jan 1945
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Dawson, Donald James 88828 F/Lt MO
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Java, Singapore
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Tamahoko Maru
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24 Jun 1944
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Deans, James Mccormack 1118163 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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6 Jun 1943
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Devonport, George Adam 650110 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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3 Oct 1943
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Donaldson, John 954800 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Suez Maru
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29 Nov 1943
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Dumbleton, Albert 1139355 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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20 Sep 1943
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Dunne, Robert Noel 988714 Cpl
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)
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Muna
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2 Mar 1945
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Eccleshall, Robert Charles 1525542 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Ambon (Liang)
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30 Jun 1944
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Fairless, Thomas 1236651 LAC
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Java, Singapore
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Tamahoko Maru
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24 Jun 1944
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Falltrick, Thomas Albert 650078 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)
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Muna
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17 Dec 1944
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Feltham, Montague Roy 1211363 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan Death March
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2 Jul 1945
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Fender, John 1103623 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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25 May 1943
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Fenton, Ernest Whitworth 1310875 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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22 Jun 1943
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Finlay, John Basil 651512 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)
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Muna
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2 Nov 1944
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Fisher, Thomas William Sarginson 993389 Cpl
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Probably Sandakan
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23 Mar 1945
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Foley, Sidney Richard 1336769 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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29 May 1943
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Fox, Ivor Edward 1260307 LAC
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton)
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Jesselton
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21 Mar 1943
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Frew, Hugh Lonsdale 1374299 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Ambon (Weijami)
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7 Oct 1944
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Furniss, Charles Arthur 868690 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haru)
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Haruku
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12 Jun 1943
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Gates, Alfred Izzard 1099099 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Probably Sandakan
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11 Mar 1945
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Gavigan, Edmund Patrick 774090 LAC
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan
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14 Jan 1945
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Gent, William Charles 631481 Sgt
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java
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Train from Surabaya
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28 Dec 1943
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Gibbons, Derek Arthur Leslie 624374 Cpl
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)
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Muna
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3 Mar 1945
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Gibson, Walter 552272 Cpl
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Java, Singapore, Kyushu (Fukuoku area)
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Fukuoku area
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22 Jan 1944
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Giffard, Cyril 639616 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Maros Maru
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5 Nov 1944
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Gollop, Walter David 1317118 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Probably Sandakan
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30 Jun 1945
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Goodall, Charles Alexander 508886
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Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama)
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Wakayama
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26 Feb 1945
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Goodman, A William Smith 1120650 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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10 Aug 1943
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Gordon, Frank 1078112 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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11 Noiv 1943
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Greenfield, Arthur 1134110 AC2
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Labuan)
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Labuan
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3 Jan 1945
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Groombridge, James Gilbert 913137 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Suez Maru
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29 Nov 1943
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Hall, Warren Douglas R109174 J86784 P/O, pilot
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Shot resisting capture NE539 ‘Z’
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Burma
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7 May 1944
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Hamblin, Reginald Charles 1170132 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Sugi Maru
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21 Sep 1944
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Harnett, Laurence 625750 Cpl
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Taiwan Maru
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28 Aug 1944
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Harris, Charles William 1127239 AC2
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan
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30 Apr 1945
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Hawkins, William Reginald 1211134 AC1
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Java
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Junyo Maru
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18 Sep 1944
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Hayes, Patrick Henry 1336730 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Maros Maru
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14 Nov 1944
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Hewlett, Albert John 624652 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)
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Muna
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16 Oct 1944
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Hickson, Frank 1495268 AC2
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan
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1 Dec 1944
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Hill, George William 649400 Cpl
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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30 Sep 1943
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Hind, John Forster 564645 Sgt
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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9 Sep 1943
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Hodges, Thomas 1087945 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan
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5 Feb 1945
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Hodgkinson, Frank 1039619 AC2
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan
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16 Oct 1944
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Holleran, John 946913 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Maros Maru
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14 Oct 1944
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Holman, Robert Fenton 908080 LAC
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan Death March
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13 May 1945
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Hood, William George 541777 Sgt
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)
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Muna
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13 May 1945
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Hopkins, Horace Lloyd 1231012 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Maros Maru
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2 Oct 1944
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Howcroft, Fred Batty 549616 Sgt
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Java
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Unrecorded
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21 Sep 1944
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Humphries, William George 1059747 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Probably Sandakan
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24 May 1945
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Hunter, George Overen 1014949 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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8 Jun 1943
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Hurson, William Redmond 1140213 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)
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Muna
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11 Nov 1944
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Jacobs, Alec 1237236 AC2
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Probably Sandakan Death March
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1 Jun 1945
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Jamieson, John 645332 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Suigi Maru
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22 Sep 1944
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Jefferies, John Paul 1055869 AC2
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Probably Sandakan
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21 Feb 1945
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Jenkinson, George William 1309534 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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24 Jun 1943
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Jones, Oswald 1019069 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Maros Maru
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23 Oct 1944
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Kay, Raymond 1073264 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Labuan)
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Labuan
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15 Dec 1944
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Laker, Edward Christopher 637386 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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5 Sep 1943
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Laywood, Roy Lindsay 853001 LAC
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Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway
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Sumatra Railway
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12 May 1945
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Lea, Henry Rickerby 1113641 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Maros Maru
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29 Oct 1944
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Lee, William Alexander 622386 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Suez Maru
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29 Nov 1943
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Lewis, Harold Victor 406146 Sgt RAAF
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Java, Singapore
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Tamahoko Maru
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24 Jun 1944
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Lucas, Cyril Roy George 912998 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan
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31 Mar 1945
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Luing, John Frederick 121527 F/Lt Pilot, LZ364
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Burma (Rangoon Gaol)
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Rangoon Gaol
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24 Oct 1944
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McCooey, Patrick 1205336 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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31 May 1943
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McKinnon, Duncan 1346094 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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1 Jul 1943
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Manley, Thomas 1086297 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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17 Aug 1943
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Mares, Sydney 1209490 AC2
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Java
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Java
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17 Aug 1945
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Marsh, Ernest Aubrey 641845 Cpl
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Probably Sandakan Death March
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5 Jun 1945
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Mason, George 645752 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Maros Maru
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10 Oct 1944
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Mawdsley, Joseph Anderson 633465 Cpl
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Maros Maru
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9 Oct 1944
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Maylam, Harry Edward 1257180 AC2
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Probably Sandakan
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10 May 1945
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Mendy, Horace John 1309567 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton)
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Jesselton
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28 Dec 1942
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Mickleburgh, Edward Thomas 1291207 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Maros Maru
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1 Oct 1944
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Middleton, Norman 1326199 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan
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30 Mar 1945
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Millar, Peter Richard 539095 LAC
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan Death March
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21 Jul 1945
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Minshull, Alan 621508 Cpl
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Maros Maru
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13 Nov 1944
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Moorhouse, John Edward 640837 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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28 Jun 1943
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Morgan, Ronald Hugh 646961 LAC
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton)
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Jesselton
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18 Mar 1943
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Morley, Allan Ivan 1202564 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Taiwan Maru
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15 Aug 1944
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Morris, John Aloysius 977552 AC1
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Java
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Junyo Maru
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18 Sep 1944
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Morris, Leslie Herbert 1152386 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Maros Maru
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7 Nov 1944
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Morris, Rowland Vernun 527412 Cpl
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Suez Maru
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29 Nov 1944
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Muckle, Thomas Paterson 633896 Cpl
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Maros Maru
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9 Oct 1944
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Mullaney, James 1105761 LAC
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Labuan, Brunei)
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Brunei
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11 Mar 1945
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Myers, Joseph Graham 1171890 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton)
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Jesselton
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2 Jan 1943
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Newell, Benjamin Butler 902459 LAC
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Java, Sumatra (Pangkalan Bali)
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Pangkalan Bali
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24 Jan 1945
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Newman, Francis Kenneth 1294019 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan Death March
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7 March 1945
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Orson, Arthur Ronald 902187 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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10 Oct 1943
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Parker, John Graham 176397 P/O, Nav/W NE539
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Burma (Rangoon Gaol)
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Rangoon Gaol
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16 Jul 19455
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Parker, Roger Conway 1198371 AC2
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Sandakan Death March
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14 Mar 1945
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Paxton, Arthur 630239 Cpl
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
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Haruku
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6 Jun 1943
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Preece, Sydney Charles 637297 Cpl
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Junyo Maru
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18 Sep 1944
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Pulley, Henry Jack 621841 LAC
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Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama)
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Wakayama
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13 Jun 1944
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Quigg, David John Blair 1079950 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)
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Muna
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23 Oct 1944
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Ratcliffe, William Walmsly 1058262 AC2
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
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Probably Sandakan
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23 Mar 1945
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Ray, Derrick David 546670 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon)
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Ambon (Weijami)
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5 Oct 1944
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Read, Leslie Walter 1296836 AC1
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Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan, Labuan)
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Labuan
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30 Nov 1944
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Richards, Douglas Arthur 1309572 AC1
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)
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Muna
|
1 Nov 1944
|
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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
|
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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
|
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Scadding, Geoffrey Charles 907342 AC1
|
Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
|
Haruku
|
8 Jul 1943
|
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Scott, Kenneth Samuel 625001 LAC
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Celebes (Muna)
|
Muna
|
5 Nov 1944
|
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Seal, Cyril Arthur 1120396 AC1
|
Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
|
Sandakan Death March
|
2 Mar 1945
|
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Seddon, Thomas 1086234 AC2
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
|
Haruku
|
31 May 1943
|
|
Sharley, Cyril George 1167816 Sgt WOp/AG
|
Java
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Shot on capture
|
9 March 1942
|
|
Simpson, George Arthur 944334 AC1
|
Java, Singapore, Borneo (Jesselton, Sandakan)
|
Probably Sandakan
|
27 Mar 1945
|
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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)
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Ambon (Liang)
|
22 May 1943
|
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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.
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Name, service no, rank and/or trade
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Places held captive
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Remarks
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Abbs, Leonard William 615342
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway
|
|
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Adams, Edward James 1302244
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Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway
|
|
|
Adams, John 1287886
|
Java
|
|
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Alster, Rudolf 775052
|
Java
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|
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Anderson, James Brown 1372126
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Java.Singapore, Sumatra Railway
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|
|
Anderson, William Graham 639604
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Java
|
|
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Bacon, Walter Hedley 634782
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Java, Sumatra Railway
|
|
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Baker, Roland Eric 637291
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java
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|
|
Baldwin, Raymond John 552256
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Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)
|
|
|
Barraclough, Ronald William 103257 F/O
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Java
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P/O Equipment Branch RAFVR 1941, F/O 1942, commission relinquished 1954
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|
Bennett, Henry 867353
|
Java
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|
|
Betts, William Edward 623559
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Sumatra Railway
|
|
|
Biddulph, Vincent 937570
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku)
|
|
|
Billington, William Kenneth 1103816
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Java, Sumatra Railway
|
|
|
Blake, George William 638733
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Junyo Maru, Sumatra Railway
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|
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Bond Thomas Creswell 637605
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore
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|
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Bott Richard Antony EAGLE 637389
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Java, Sumatra Railway
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|
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Bright, John William 85322 F/Lt
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Java
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P/O (prob) Admin & SD Branch RAFVR Aug 1940, F/O Aug 1941, Squadron Adjutant 1942
Commission relinquished 1957
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|
Brown, George 1361312
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java
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|
|
Budrey, James Victor Mitchell 648877
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Java, Sumatra (Pangkalan Bali), Singapore
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LAC MT Driver of 211 Squadron in Greece (evacuated from Kithera aboard HMS Hyacinth), and of 72 OTU,
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|
Burns, Edward 1023189
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Java
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|
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Byford, Gordon Arthur 624016
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java, Singapore
|
|
|
Cains, Charles Albert 568367
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java,
Sumatra Railway
|
Cpl Cains, Fitter II, later Sgt, survivor Junyo Maru
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Callaghan, Joseph Dennis 138079 F/O
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Burma (Rangoon Gaol)
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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
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Java, Sumatra, (Pangkalan Bali), Singapore
|
|
|
Clark, Alan Gilbert 702080
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Singapore
|
|
|
Clater, Richard Kenneth 1170209
|
Java
|
|
|
Clift, Percy William 1095028
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Java, Moluccas (Ambon), Java
|
|
|
Collis, John Ernest 943008
|
Java
|
|
|
Cooper, EL
|
Java, Singapore, Honshu
|
|
|
Crabb, Cyril 940203
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java
|
|
|
Crawford, John 701730
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java
|
|
|
Crosby, Howard 1041041
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Java, Sumatra Railway
|
|
|
Cross, Donald 544014
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java
|
|
|
Cuddy, Alfred Keith J16295
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Burma (Rangoon Gaol)
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Pilot LZ232 27 Aug 1944
|
|
Cullingworth, Robert 628689
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Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)
|
|
|
Cureton, George 1137701
|
Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)
|
|
|
Cursons, Gordon Alfred 1161467
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, SIngapore
|
|
|
Darley, Robert 1125462
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java, Sumatra Railway
|
Survivor Junyo Maru
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|
David, Ivor 964885
|
Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)
|
|
|
Davies, George Victor 543769
|
Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)
|
|
|
Davis, George William 1087242
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java, Singapore
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|
|
Davis, Trevor George 940706
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Java, Moluccas (Ambon), Java
|
|
|
Dean, Thomas William
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java, Singapore
|
|
|
Devine, John 1054114
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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
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Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)
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Ward, Walter 1015634
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Java, Singapore, Honshu (Ikuno)
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Westgarth Leonard Albert
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Java, Singapore, Sumatra Railway
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Wildish, Charles William Thomas 649399
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Java, Singapore, Honshu (Ikuno)
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Williams, Raymond Lewis "Dai"
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon); Celebes (Muna, Makassar)
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Wood, Herbert Charles
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Java, Sumatra Railway
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Woolf, Arthur Lewis 1011934
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku), Java
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Worral,Harold 1108239
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Java
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Worrell, Frederick Gordon 925199
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Java, Sumatra Railway
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Survivor Junyo Maru
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Wright, Harry (WOp/AG, 1942)
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Java, Singapore, Honshu (Wakayama, Ikuno)
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Wright, Ronald William 957373
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Java, Moluccas (Haruku, Ambon), Java, Singapore
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Att 84 Squadron?
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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 (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.
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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