A database of those imprisoned by the Japanese in Java and their transports
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Gunner
Murphy, James Edward
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:-
23
Date of Death:-
1943/03/05
Cause of Death:-
Place of Death:-
Ballale Island
Loved Ones
Son of Margaret Murphy, of Lancaster
Memorial
Column 26.
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 Fred Taylor, Anthea Becket, John Wheedon and Arthur Lane