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Java Index

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

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Signalman

Digsby, John James

British

Royal Corps of Signals

77 H.A.A. Regt., R.A. Sig. Sec.
 

 

 

Japanese PoW Held:-

 

Java

Java Party No:-

 

 
 

Java/Depart:-

 

 
 

Ship:-

 

 
 

Port/Arrive:-

 

 
 

 

 

 

Port/Depart:-

 

 
 

Land/Sea:-

 

 
 

Destination:-

 

 
 

 

 

 

Survived/Died:-

 

Died
 

Age:-

 

33
 

Date of Death:-

 

1943/11/29
 

Cause of Death:-

 

 
 

Place of Death:-

 

At sea: Suez Maru
 

 

 

 

Loved Ones

 
 

 

Memorial

Column 44.
 

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, WO361/2195, WO361/2195
 

 

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