3rd (Penang & Province Wellesley Vol. Corps) Battalion
Japanese POW
Survived/Died:
Died
Age:
28
Date of Death:
1944/09/12
Place of Death:
Rakuyo Maru - Sunk off East Hainan Island, Lat 18.0 N Lon 114.0E.
Loved Ones
Son of Pte. Kenneth Colin Rochester, Royal Scots Regt., killed in action in Belgium, 20th September, 1917, and of Lucy Rochester, of Leicester. Chartered Accountant
Memorial
Column 396.
SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
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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“We will remember them”
Keeping The Candle Burning
In Memory of FEPOW Family Loved Ones Designed and Maintained by Ron Taylor.
