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Lance Corporal

Knopp, John Edward

Date Born:-

1919/02/09

Home Town:-

Helions Bumpstead, Suffolk

Parents:-

George Gordon and Lilian Bambridge Knopp

Next of Kin:-

Mr. G. Knopp. Brocks Farm, Helions Bumpstead, Haverhill, Suffolk.

Occupation:-

Grocers Assistant

Service

Enlisted:-

Regiment:-

Cambridgeshire Regiment

Unit:-

2nd Battalion

Conflict:-

Far East - World War 2

Place of Capture:-

1942/02/15 - Singapore

Japanese Index Card Information

Card Camp:-

Thailand

Card Country:-

Thailand or 4D Camp

Side One:-

Side Two:-

Died

Age:-

Date of Death:-

1944/09/21

Place of Death:-

At sea, North of Corregidor, Philippines.

Cause of Death:-

Hufuku Maru sunk by American carrier planes

Memorial:-

Column 57.

Cemetery:-

SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

Notes

PoW No. 2197. 1942/10/22 transported overland to Thailand, New PoW No. II 403. Being transported from Singapore to Japan in Hufuku Maru with convoy SHIMI-05. 1944/09/21, ship sunk by American carrier planes on leaving Manilla. 1,047 PoWs died in sinking.


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