A database of those imprisoned by the Japanese in Java and their transports
116815
Flying Officer
Gregg, John Francis Fitzgerald
British
Royal Air Force
Japanese PoW Held:-
Java
Java Party No:-
Java/Depart:-
Ship:-
Port/Arrive:-
Port/Depart:-
Land/Sea:-
Destination:-
Survived/Died:-
Died
Age:-
40
Date of Death:-
1943/11/29
Cause of Death:-
Place of Death:-
At sea: Suez Maru
Loved Ones
Son of the Most Revd. John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg, D.D., Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland, and of Anna Alicia Gregg, of The Palace, Armagh, Northern Ireland. B.A.(Cantab.), Scholar of Christ's College
Memorial
Column 423.
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.