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Sergeant
Frederick William Richards
1911/01/26 - Born Guildford, Surrey
Son of Charles and Lilly Richards
Royal Army Medical Corps
27 Company
Japanese PoW
1941/12/25 - Captured Hong Kong
PoW No. 3233
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1941/09/27 - Transported in Lisbon Maru for Shanghai with 1816 prisoners on board.
1942/10/01 - She was Torpedoed by USS Grouper, 6 miles from Tung Fusham Island, off the China coast, 29°57'N, 122°56'N.
1942/11/24 - Reported Missing presumed dead
Died
1942/10/01 to 1942/10/02 - Sinking of of the Lisbon Maru
Memorial
Column 21.
SAI WAN MEMORIAL
Sai Wan Memorial is situated in Sai Wan War Cemetery
Place map of Sai Wan Cemetery
Information
Lisbon Maru
Roll of Honour
Book - ‘The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru’ by Tony Banham
KEW:- WO 392/26, WO 345/43, WO 361/1744/2, WO 361/1744, CO 980/138,
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