JKL Civilian Database

To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

Hell Ships

Montevideo Maru

Civilian Roll

Lingood, Rev. William Laurence Irving

Born Southend-on-Sea, England.

Missionary Lamarinana, Methodist Church

Raluana, North Beach

Date Captured:-

February 1942

PoW Number:-

147

Transported:-

1942/06/22

Port:-

Rabaul

Ship:-

Montevideo Maru

Died

Date of Death:-

1942/07/01

Age:-

Cause of Death:-

Drowned when SS Montevideo was sunk by USS Sturgeon.

Place of Death:-

Off Luzon

Loved Ones

Son of William and Georgina Linggood; husband of Essie Mildred Linggood.

Memorial

Rabaul and Montevideo Maru Memorial at Victoria, Australia

Notes:-

Source:-

MP74/1, A518, CWGC

Source File Explanation:-

MP74/1 - Williams 1946 Japanese Translated list

A518 - Family Form of Information for ‘Closure of Death’.

CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Montevideo Maru Memorial

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