Gail Wright
Western Australia
My mothers firstg husband, Keith Greaves, was a POW in Changi and then on the Burma Railway. He was on the Rokuyu Maru when it was bombed and did not survive. Thank you for such a detailed and informative website.
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Kevin Khan
Melbourne
My Grandfather was Reginald Cyril Leahy and was a Sergeant with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was caught in the fall of Singapore and was a POW at Changi Prison. Service number 7535127. Thank you for recording this information. Unfortunately Reg has passed and never got to reunite with any of the Australian POW's from Changi.
Judy
Yorkshire
Hi Mike, Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. just wanted to say thankyou so much for the information regarding my father Maurice Bennett, though just a small snippet of information to myself and my siblings it means an awful lot and helps us to understand his journey through the war. Thankyou once again.
Judy
Australia
Looking for info on Ernest frederick Sharp
Service no NX71552 ambulance convey
Driver held Thailand RTA by Japanese
Service no NX71552 ambulance convey
Driver held Thailand RTA by Japanese
Mike
UK 14.11.2018
Judy, I can only add a little information. Service number 1794654, taken prisoner in Java. Imprisoned at Tandjong Priok, Batavia until February 1943. On 09.02.1943 boarded the Roko Maru for Changi, Singapore, as part of Java Party 13. On 06.05.1943 sent from Changi to the Burma/Siam railroad. No further details.
Judy
Yorkshire
Hi I am trying to gather some information about my father Maurice Bennett from Wakefield in Yorkshire I know he was a POW in Changi jail during WW2 but very little else as my father very rarely spoke about this time in his life
Nicky
Thank you so much for the information about Albert Heap.
Mike
11.11.2018
Nicky. Re Pte Albert Heap. Service No. 4979934, Sherwood Foresters Regiment. Address shown as 17, Warren Road, Northampton. He was initially sent to the Siam Railroad on 13.10.1942 after being imprisoned at Changi in Feb 1942. Later he returned to Changi. On 04.09.1944 appx. 2000 POW were sent to the docks in Singapore and boarded 2 hellships. The Kachidoki Maru and Rakuyo Maru. These two hellships were torpedoed and sunk by USS Sealion and USS Pampanito in the South China Sea as they headed for Formosa (Taiwan). 1500 POWs lost their lives on 12.09.1944. So he had never been a POW in Japan and was certainly not on his way home. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial as one of the 24000 with no known grave.
Amy
Hi, I am looking for any info about my great grandfather Henry Humfrys of the 135th Herts Yeomanry field rgt royal artillery. I know he was captured in Singapore on 15th Feb 1942 and he died 6th Aug 1945
Martin Chambers
Gateshead
Hello Im trying to find details about my Great Uncle George Boothroyd. He was a radio telegraph operator, captured, then we believe he was lost in the Lisbon Maru incident.
Nicky
Northampton
My great uncle Albert (heap) was killed in friendly fire in 1944
Jacky Paffard
Wales
I was searching for details of my Uncle (my maternal
Grandmother's brother) who died in 1942 as a PoW
of the Japanese. I was not born when he died but it
affected my Grandmother badly and she never forgave
the Japanese for "murdering her little brother.
He was a volunteer (not sure what that is) and I have a
newspaper cutting saying he was in Java. Itraced
his grave to a war cemetry on an Island called Amman.
It was a particularly cruel camp apparently and many
Australian PoWs were beheaded. I am not sure
where to look to find our how my uncle died.
Grandmother's brother) who died in 1942 as a PoW
of the Japanese. I was not born when he died but it
affected my Grandmother badly and she never forgave
the Japanese for "murdering her little brother.
He was a volunteer (not sure what that is) and I have a
newspaper cutting saying he was in Java. Itraced
his grave to a war cemetry on an Island called Amman.
It was a particularly cruel camp apparently and many
Australian PoWs were beheaded. I am not sure
where to look to find our how my uncle died.
Kerry
Coventry UK
We've got very limited info. He often mentions being captured and escaping on rare flashbacks when his mind comes back..
My mother in law has his service book still which is dated the early 1940's. He may have travelled to Singapore afterwards which would explain the marriage.
My mother in law has his service book still which is dated the early 1940's. He may have travelled to Singapore afterwards which would explain the marriage.
Mike
09.11.2018
Kerry, do you mean he was a civilian, an internee, rather than a POW ? DOB 1926 means he was only 15 when Singapore fell. Where did he escape to?
Mike
09.11.2018
Nicola, you forgot to give us a name.
Mike
09.11.2018
Camille, can you give us a regiment or service number?
Kerry
Coventry UK
Hi, I am looking for any information regarding my partners grandad..
Name - Sidney William Sly
Born - Edmonton, Middlesex, UK
D-O-B - 08/02/1926
He has strong links to Singapore as married a Singaporean woman after his escape, the only S.Sly I can find that was a POW is registered as dead, he is however alive at 92 years of age. Sadly dementia has taken his mind from us so we're desperate to find out anything we can about his past. Thank you so much in advance
Name - Sidney William Sly
Born - Edmonton, Middlesex, UK
D-O-B - 08/02/1926
He has strong links to Singapore as married a Singaporean woman after his escape, the only S.Sly I can find that was a POW is registered as dead, he is however alive at 92 years of age. Sadly dementia has taken his mind from us so we're desperate to find out anything we can about his past. Thank you so much in advance
Nicola Vernon
Derbyshire
My Great uncle was a pow after the HMS Exeter sank. He is buried in the Ambon War Cemetery but am trying to find out which prison camp he was in. Any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks
Camille mclelland
Wiltshire
I believe my grandad was a POW in Japan his name was Robert Macdonald from Glasgow many thanks
chris
thetford
sorry Labuan is where my granddad is
buried,, would be interested in
knowing which camp he was sent to
buried,, would be interested in
knowing which camp he was sent to
chris
thetford
hi, looking for some more information on my
granddad, Lawrence leonard mansi, from
cranfield Bedford, royal artillery,
gunner 1563176 of 42 bty, 2/1lt A.A regt,
was sent to Labuan pow camp borneo,
died trying to escape apparently 01/01/45
many thx.
granddad, Lawrence leonard mansi, from
cranfield Bedford, royal artillery,
gunner 1563176 of 42 bty, 2/1lt A.A regt,
was sent to Labuan pow camp borneo,
died trying to escape apparently 01/01/45
many thx.
Danielle
Gloucestershire
Mike. Thank you so much for finding that
information. It is most definitely Harry on the
index card, so everything is now explained!
That article makes it incredibly clear what
a horrific experience he, and his colleagues,
information. It is most definitely Harry on the
index card, so everything is now explained!
That article makes it incredibly clear what
a horrific experience he, and his colleagues,
Mike
UK 06.11.2018
HI Danielle. Henry Robinson was indeed a submariner on HMS Strategem, and sunk on 22.11.1944. I have no information apart from what I can also see on the internet. There is probably all the information you need, which mentions him by name and also shows his POW Index Card at the following website. Dont be put off by the fact that it appears to be about another crew member, read through to the end. https://timdracup.wordpress.com/2017/06/25/derek-george-rendel-dracup-1923-1944/ You cannot click on this link, you need to copy and paste
Danielle
Gloucestershire
Having done a little internet research today
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Danielle
Gloucestershire
Hi. My mum has told me a fascinating story
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