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Aircraftman
George William Shuker
Known as ‘Bill’
1915/04/02 - Born Mainstone
Son of Robert and Annie Shuker
Royal Air Force
84 Squadron
Japanese PoW
1942/03/08 - Captured Java
PoW No. J-1067
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943 -Transported from Java to Moluccas (Haruku)
1944 - Transported back to Java
Bill spent four months in St Vincentius Hospital Batavia
1944/10 - Camp III to Batavia
PoW No. 27290
1945/07 - Bandoeng to Batavia
New PoW No. 4848
1945/09/19 - Liberated Batavia
Post War
Lived at Berriew and later Bill and his wife ran the Arddleen Village Shop for 40 years. They then retired and moved to Oswestry.
Bill with a piece of parachute, used by a British paratrooper who dropped into the camp after liberation.
Information
Alex Dackevych (Bill’s grandson)
KEW:- WO 361/2010, WO 392/26, WO 345/47, WO 361/1945, WO 361/2010, WO 361/1996, WO 361/2018, WO 361/2018,
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