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Flight Lieutenant (Medical)
William Fitzgerald Tierney
Known as Bill
1912/07/15 - Born Cork, Ireland
Son of Dennis Joseph and Nora Tierney
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
84 Squadron
Service
Japanese PoW
1942/03/08 - Captured Java
PoW No. 117166
New PoW No. 142
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
Djawa PoW camp
1943/12 - To Batavia Camp III
New PoW No. 521
Stayed in Java
1945/09/02 - Liberated Batavia, Java as 'Medical'.
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Ronan Tierney (photos from the ‘Tierney Collection’
Java Index
KEW:- WO 392/26, WO 361/2010, WO 345/52, WO 361/1945, WO 361/2008, WO 361/1990
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