A database of those imprisoned by the Japanese in Java and their transports
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Lance Bombardier
Eastgate, Arthur Leonard
British
Royal Artillery
H.Q. 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:-
33
Date of Death:-
between 05/03/1943 and 06/03/1943
Cause of Death:-
Place of Death:-
Ballale Island
Loved Ones
Son of Arthur George and Mary Eastgate; husband of Nellie Eastgate, of Newark, Nottinghamshire
Memorial
Column 9.
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.