D Database

5th Battalion

Royal Norfolk Regiment

Compiled with the help of the Commonwealth War Graves

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5777407

Private

Dipple, Ernest John

United Kingdom

Royal Norfolk Regiment

5th Battalion

Former Regiment - Unknown

Former Unit - Unknown

Died

Japanese POW:

Yes

Age:

Date of Death:

1944/09/21

Cause of Death:

POW lost in the Hofuku Maru

Place of Death:

The Hofuku Maru was sunk 80 miles north of Corregidor.

Loved Ones

Son of Henry Edward and Jane Alice Dipple.

Memorial

Column 50.

Singapore Memorial

Singapore

Sunk by planes from American Aircraft Carrier.

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