A database of those imprisoned by the Japanese in Java and their transports
73787
Captain
Mills, James Francis Dawson
British
Royal Artillery
77 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:-
30
Date of Death:-
1945/07/03
Cause of Death:-
Place of Death:-
Borneo: Sandakan
Loved Ones
Son of Francis and Annie Mills
Memorial
Column 2.
SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
Sandakan death marches from 1945/01/29, to Paginatan and Ranau. Out of the 2434 Sandakan prisoners, 1787 Australians and 641 British died, only 6 Australians survived by escaping.
Reference
Keeping The Candle Burning
In Memory of Fred Taylor, Anthea Becket, John Wheedon and Arthur Lane