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Australian Army Ordnance Corps
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A.I.F. 25/27 Independent Bde. Wksp.
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Japanese POW
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Rakuyo Maru - Sunk off East Hainan Island, Lat 18.0 N Lon 114.0E.
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Loved Ones
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Son of John and Clara Crocker; husband of Joyce Louisa Crocker, of Ballarat, Victoria.
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Memorial
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Torpedoed and sunk on 12/09/1944 by US submarine Sealion off East Hainan island at around 5:00am. 1159 were lost.
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