Hell Ships

Lisbon Maru

 

This Page Is Dedicated To

 

Corps Officer

Potter, Alan Stanley

 

St. John's Ambulance Brigade

(Hong Kong District)/attd. Imperial Force

 

Japanese POW

Being transported from  from Hong Kong to Shanghai in the Lisbon Maru

Hold

Two

 

Died

Age

Unknown

Date of Death

1942/10/02

Place of Death

Lisbon Maru - 6 miles from Tung Fusham Island, off the China coast, 29°57'N, 122°56'E.

Nationality

United Kingdom

 

Loved Ones

Son of William A. Potter and Florence Potter, of Norwich, Norfolk; husband of Olive Mabel Potter, of Broadwater, Worthing, Sussex

 

Memorial

Column 24.

SAI WAN MEMORIAL

 

The Lisbon Maru left Hong Kong, 1942/09/27 for Shanghai with 1816 prisoners on board. Attacked and sunk by USS Grouper (American submarine).

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