A database of those imprisoned by the Japanese in Java and their transports
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Gunner
Mansfield, Cornelius
British
Royal Artillery
239 Bty., 77 H.A.A. Regt.
Japanese PoW Held:-
Java
Java Party No:-
20
Java/Depart:-
1944/05/19
Ship:-
Kiska Maru
Port/Arrive:-
Singapore
Port/Depart:-
1944/06/03
Land/Sea:-
Miyo Maru/ Tamohoko Maru
Destination:-
Japan
Survived/Died:-
Died
Age:-
Date of Death:-
1944/06/20
Cause of Death:-
Sinking of Tamahoko Maru
Place of Death:-
At sea. 40 miles S.W. Nagasaki.
Loved Ones
Memorial
Column 24.
SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
The Miyo Maru sustained damage in Typhoon after leaving Manilla to Taiwan. Transferred in Manilla to Tamahoko Maru with Taiwan PoWs (total 772 PoWs). Sunk 1944/06/24 approx. 40 Miles S.W. of Nagasaki. Lost 560 PoWs.
Reference
WO 361/2220
Keeping The Candle Burning
In Memory of Fred Taylor, Anthea Becket, John Wheedon and Arthur Lane