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Java Index

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

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Lance Corporal

McHugh, Patrick Joseph

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:-

 

29

 

Date of Death:-

 

1943/11/29

 

Cause of Death:-

 

 

 

Place of Death:-

 

At sea: Suez Maru

 

 

 

 

Loved Ones

Son of Peter and Mary Ann McHugh; husband of Mary McHugh, of Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire

 

Memorial

Column 43.

 

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

 

 

 

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