P/J/8390
Able Seaman
Harry Varney
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Tamar
Japanese POW
Captured Hong Kong
Transported to Japan on the Lisbon Maru.
The hell ship was sunk by USS Grouper (American submarine) on the 1st October 1942. Harry survived the sinking, 820 perished.
Died
Age: 48
1st October 1943
Of chronic enteritis
At Camp 01 B (Minato-ku, Osaka) Japan
Ichioka Hospital
Loved Ones
Son of Joseph and Sarah Varney, of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Husband of Ethel Varney, of Southcourt, Aylesbury
Memorial
Brit. Sec. M. C. 5.
YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
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