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Far East Prisoners of War

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Gunner

Buck, Benjamin Robert

 

 

Date Born:-

1915/02/11

 

Home Town:-

Filby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

 

Parents:-

Albert & Anne (Hannah)

 

Next of Kin:-

Mrs Olive Buck (Wife), Finmere, Nr Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

Occupation:-

 

 

 

Service

Enlisted:-

 

 

Regiment:-

Royal Artillery

 

Unit:-

H.Q. 6 H.A.A. Regt.

 

 

 

Conflict:-

Far East - World War 2

 

Place of Capture:-

Java, 1942/03/08

 

 

 

Japanese Index Card Information

Card Camp:-

Java PoW camp

 

Card Country:-

Java

 

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Side Two:-

 

 

 

Died

Age:-

27

 

Date of Death:-

1942/11/29

 

Place of Death:-

Shimonoseki Quarantine Station, Japan

 

Cause of Death:-

Bacillary Dysentry - Starvation

 

Memorial:-

Panel 2.

 

Cemetery:-

YOKOHAMA CREMATION MEMORIAL

 

 

Notes

Captured Java 1942/03/08, PoW No. 1015. Transported in Mystery Party via Singapore in the Singapore Maru to Japan 1942/10/29.  Reached Moji, Japan 1942/11/06, taken to Hospital.

 

 

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Pacific Star

War Medal

1939-1945 Star

 

 

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