A database of those imprisoned by the Japanese in Java and their transports
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Gunner
Cooper, John Henry
British
Royal Artillery
144 Bty., 35 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Japanese PoW Held:-
Java
Java Party No:-
Java/Depart:-
Ship:-
Port/Arrive:-
Port/Depart:-
Land/Sea:-
Destination:-
Survived/Died:-
Died
Age:-
22
Date of Death:-
1943/03/05
Cause of Death:-
Place of Death:-
Ballale Island
Loved Ones
Memorial
Column 16.
SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
Member of the 600 Gunners Party which left Changi 1942/10/18, commandeered by Lt-Col. J. Bassett, R.A., 35 L.A.A... Died Ballali, massacred with 517 other gunners by the Japanese (What Price Bushido by Alf 'Blackie' Baker).
Reference
CWGC
Keeping The Candle Burning
In Memory of Fred Taylor, Anthea Beckett, John Weedon and Arthur Lane Designed & Maintained by Ron Taylor.