To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

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Corporal

Harold McDonald

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Born 1918/10/04, Liverpool

Son of Edward and Lena McDonald

A family of four brothers and a sister

Harold married Peggy

Occupation Aircraft Fitter

 

Royal Air Force

242 Squadron

 

Japanese PoW

1942/03/08 Captured Java

PoW No. 9961

Japanese Index Card - Side One

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Japanese Index Card - Side Two

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1942/10 - Transported from Java to Changi, Singapore

1942/10/30 - Depart Changi, embarked Tofuku Maru for Japan

500 British, 500 Americans, 200 Dutch

Repairs to ship carried out in Saigon, French Indo China.

1942/11/26 - Arrive Moji, Japan in Tofuku Maru

83 sick taken to Moji Hospital

1942/11/27 - Transported to Tokyo 3B - Matsushima

New PoW No, 147

Work involved - Stevedores carrying cement for building of a dam

1943/08/01 - Camp name changed to Tokyo 2D - Hiraoka

1944/04/15 - Tokyo 16D Established and 100 PoWs Transferred from Tokyo 2D Camp

1944/04/16 - Arrive Tokyo 16D - Kanose

Work in Carbide Mill for Showa Denko Co.. Manufacture of carbon rods.

New PoW No. 1145

1945/08 - Renamed Tokyo 16B

1945/08/15 - Tokyo 16B, Kanose, Camp Roll

1945/09/06 - Liberated

 

Repatriated

Flown from Yokohama, Japan to Manila, Philippines

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1945/09/24 - Departed Manila, Philippines in USS Admiral Hughes

1945/10/09 - British disembarked Victoria, Canada.

Then transported to Southampton and home.

 

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Pacific Star

War Medal

1939-1945 Star

 

Died

Age 104

21st March 2023

At Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire

 

Information

Japanese Transports

Roger Mansel’s site

Ships Home

KEW Files:- WO 361/1970, WO 361/2009, WO 392/25, WO 345/33, WO 361/1984,   WO 361/1984,

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