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536014
Leading Aircraftsman
Frank Charles Weaver
1919/07/28 - Born
Royal Air Force
RAF Seletar
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Malaya
PoW Number III 2654
Transported to Heito No. 3 PoW Camp, Taiwan
Heito No 3 Prisoner of War Camp, Taiwan
To the North of the camp was a large swamp where there were millions of mosquitoes, these spread malaria throughout the camp.
The camp commander Lieutenant Tamaki, ill treated the prisoners, 134 PoWs died at this camp. A War Crimes Trial (WO235/982), after the war, found Tamaki guilty of ill-treatment of prisoners, he was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.
Loved Ones
Son of Charles Henry and Hetty Weaver, of Birmingham
Died
1943/07/04 - Heito, Taiwan
Cause of Death Malaria and Beri-beri
Buried Tomon, grave number 53
Memorial
VI. G. 11.
SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
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