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Airman
Harry Wilding
1921/04/28 - Born Ilse of Ely Cambridgeshire
Son of George and Jessie Wilding
Royal Air Force
Gonk Kedek
Japanese PoW
1042/03/08 - Captured Java
PoW No. J 1010
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/09/26 - Transported in Java Party 17A in Macassar Maru to Singapore
1942/10/01 - Arrived Changi, Singapore
1943/10/ 21 - Transported in Matsue Maru to Japan
1943/10/26 - Arrived Saigon, French Indo-China
1943/10/26 - Departed Saigon, French Indo-China
1943/11/06 - Arrived Takao, Taiwan
Officer disembark and 50 British ordinary ranks embarked
1943/11/08 - Departed Takao, Taiwan
Although convoy was attacked by USA submarine the Matsue Maru was not hit
1943/11/15 - Reached Moji, Japan
New PoW No. I 25877
Osaka 14B - Wakeyama, Japan
Worked for Sumitomo Metallic Industrial Co. Ltd
1945/03/29 - Camp closed and POWs transported to Osaka 19-B (Ikuno)
PoW No. 7158
Worked for Mitsubishi Copper Mining Company
1945/08 - Renamed Osaka 4-B (Ikuno)
1945/09/09 - Liberated
Full Story
http://www.far-eastern-heroes.org.uk/Harry_Wilding/
Information
Java Index
KEW:- WO 361/1971, WO 392/26, WO 345/56, WO 361/2009, WO 361/1964, WO 361/1963,
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