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Joseph Stanworth

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1919/04/28 - Born Brierfield, Lancashire

Royal Navy

HMS Exeter

 

Service

On the entry of the Japan into the war in December 1941, Exeter formed part of the ABDACOM naval force which was intended to defend the Dutch East Indies from Japanese invasion.

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On 27th February, 1942, she was badly damaged in the Battle of the Java Sea when she received a hit in the boiler room and was ordered to Surabaya. The destroyer HMS Electra was sunk covering her withdrawal. On 1st March while Exeter was attempting to reach the Sunda Straits, she was again engaged by the Japanese cruisers Nachi and Haguro. Exeter was soon badly damaged by gunfire and a torpedo from the destroyer Inazuma. Taking on water she began to list to starboard, by noon on the same day she sank. Her escorting destroyers, HMS Encounter and USS Pope were also lost in this engagement. About 800 Allied seamen, including the commander of Exeter, Captain O.L. Gordon., became prisoners of war.

 

Japanese PoW

1942/03/01 - Captured

Held Celebes

PoW No. 204

Japanese Index Card - Side One

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Japanese Index Card - Side Two

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1942/10/10  Transported Asama Maru to Japan

Fukuoka 2B - Nagasaki (Kawanami)

New PoW No. 1204

 1945/05/10 about 200 PoWs moved to Fuk-26-Keisen

1945/09/02 - Liberated

 

Information

Battle of Java Sea

Fukuoka 2B

Fukuoka 26B

KEW:- WO 392/26, WO 345/49, WO 361/1254

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