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1676833
Gunner
Leslie Nowell
1915/05/13 - Born York
Son of George Ernest and Eliza Nowell
Royal Artillery
315/5 Searchlight Regiment
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
PoW No. M-903
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/04/04 - Transported in Nissyo Maru to French-Indo China (Vietnam).
The Saigon Battalion consisted of 1,118 PoWs.
Commander Lt-Col Francis E. Hugonin
New PoW No. IV 13433
1943/06/22 - Transported to Thailand to work on the Thailand -Burma Railway
Commander Lt-Col Francis E. Hugonin
New PoW No. IV 43624
1944/06/23 - Left Tha Muang, Thailand en-route to Japan
1944/09/04 - Transported Convoy HI-72 from Singapore in Kachidoki Maru, destination Japan. The convoy included the Rakuyo Maru with 1317 PoWs (Australian and British) and the Kachidoki Maru with 900 PoWs (all British).
1944/09/12 - The convoy was attacked by American submarines as the two PoW transport ships were not marked as carrying PoWs.
The USS Pampanito fired three torpedoes at the Kachidoki Maru at 22.40 hours two hitting. The Kachidoki Maru was holed and the entire aft of the ship was completely flooded. The ship was doomed and sank below the waves. The survivors were those who jumped overboard just after the ship was hit.
Died
12th September 1944
When the Kachidoki Maru was sunk by USS Pampanito
Memorial
Column 27.
Singapore Memorial
Information
Kerry Bird
Keith Andrews
Thailand - Burma Railway
Japanese Transport
Hell Ships
KEW:- WO 361/1987, WO 361/2169, WO 361/1742, WO 361/2057, WO 361/2062, WO 361/1745, WO 392/25, WO 361/2068, WO 345/38, WO 361/2187, WO 361/2005,
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