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Sergeant
William Minto Gittins
1897/12/10 - Born Hong Kong
Son of Henry and Dorothy Gittins
B.Sc. (University of Hong Kong)
Occupation University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps
Artillery
Japanese PoW
1941/12/21 - Captured Hong Kong
Shamshuipo Camp
PoW No. 3618
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/12/15 - Transported from Hong Kong in fifth draft to Japan in the Toyama Maru
British and Canadian PoW
1943/12/30 - Takao, Taiwan
1944/01/01 - Shanghai, China
1944/01/05 - Moji, Japan
1944/01/07 - Arrived Osaka Branch 11B - Narumi
New PoW No. 4988
Worked for Daido Electric Steel Company making wheels at the Nippon Wheel (Vehicle) Mfg. Company.
1944/04/06 - Renamed Nagoya PoW Camp 2B - Narumi
1945/02/13 - Reported Sick
Died
Age 47
1945/03/05
Cause of death acute pneumonia
At Nagoya 2B Camp - Naruma, Japan
Loved Ones
Son of Henry and Dorothy Gittins
Husband of Jean Gittins
Memorial
Brit. Sec. H. D. 11.
YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Information
Japanese Transports
Tony Banham - Book ‘We Shall Suffer There’
Roger Mansell - Nagoya 11B
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
KEW Files:- WO 345/20, WO 392/24,
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