This Page Is Dedicated To
C/JX 163163
Telegraphist
Wilson, John Stephen
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Grasshopper
Japanese POW
Survived/Died:
Died
Age:
22
Date of Death:
1944/06/26
Place of Death:
The Harugiku Maru was torpedoed and sunk by HMS TRUCULENT in position 03.15N 99.46E.
Loved Ones
Son of John S. and Elsie Wilson, of Tonbridge, Kent.
Memorial
77, 1.
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
The Harugiku Maru was carrying 730 prisoners from Balewan to Pakanbaroe in Sumatra, 177 were lost.
''Our Thanks are for being a Chapter in Life.”
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“We will remember them”
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