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Hell Ship Rolls -2

Tamahoko Maru

Tamahoko Maru

Roll

 

22734

 

Stocker

Ferguson, Bernard David Bowie

 

 

Royal Australian Navy

H.M.A.S Perth

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japanese POW

Nationality:-

Australian

 

Place of Capture:-

Java

1944/05/19:-

Kiska Maru to Singapore in Java Party 20

1944/05/21:-

Arrived Singapore

1944/06/03:-

Departed in Miyo Maru - Japan Party 1

1944/06/11:-

Arrived Manilla, Philippines

1944/06/14:-

Departed for Taiwan

 

Miyo Maru badly damaged in Typhoon but reached Taiwan.

1944/06/18:-

At Takao, Taiwan PoWs transferred to Tamahoko Maru. As it was a cargo ship the holds held copper ore.

1944/06/24:-

Attacked by USS Tang. Two torpedoes hit the Tamahoko Maru and there was a large explosion, within two minutes the ship sunk to the bottom.

Notes:-

Alias: Tomohoku Maru, Yone Maru. Tamahoko Maru was torpedoed 1944/06/24 by USS Tang. Carrying 772 prisoners, 560 died.

 

 

Died

Age:-

26

 

Date:-

1944/06/24

 

Cause of Death:-

POW lost in the Tamahoko Maru

 

Place of Death:-

Approximate position 40 miles S.W. of Nagasaki

 

 

 

 

Loved Ones

Son of David Bowie Ferguson and Clara Margaret Ferguson, of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

 

Memorial

Panel 91, Column 3.

 

PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

 

United Kingdom

 

 

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