A database of those imprisoned by the Japanese in Java and their transports
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Gunner
Hooper, Eric
British
Royal Artillery
3 Bty., 6 H.A.A. Regt.
Japanese PoW Held:-
Java
Java Party No:-
Java/Depart:-
Ship:-
Port/Arrive:-
Port/Depart:-
Land/Sea:-
Destination:-
Survived/Died:-
Died
Age:-
21
Date of Death:-
1943/03/05
Cause of Death:-
Place of Death:-
Ballale Island
Loved Ones
Son of William Henry and Ellen Hooper, of Liverpool
Memorial
Column 21.
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
Keeping the Candle Burning
In Memory of FEPOW Family Loved Ones Designed & Maintained by Ron Taylor.