Co Database

To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

A database of those imprisoned by the Japanese in Java and their transports

1016297

Aircraftman 1st Class

Coates, Bernard

British

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

84 Squadron

Japanese PoW Held:-

Java

Java Party No:-

Java/Depart:-

Ship:-

Port/Arrive:-

Port/Depart:-

Land/Sea:-

Destination:-

Survived/Died:-

Died

Age:-

Date of Death:-

1943/11/29

Cause of Death:-

Place of Death:-

At sea: Suez Maru

Loved Ones

Son of Israel Roberts Coates, and of Clara Coates, of Farsley, Yorkshire

Memorial

Column 428.

SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

Sunk by USS Bonefish, off Kangean Islands 6º 22' South by 116º 35' East. Japanese Captain Kawano orders the shooting of the prisoners in the water. From 14.15 – 16.30 the Minesweeper W.12 massacres the survivors using machine gun and rifles. No survivors.

Reference

CWGC

Keeping The Candle Burning

In Memory of Fred Taylor, Anthea Beckett, John Weedon and Arthur Lane
Designed & Maintained by Ron Taylor.

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