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Private
William Wood
Known as Bill
1912/06/12 - Born Felling, County Durham
(Date as per Certificate of Service)
William was brought up in a children's home.
1937/10/19 - Enlisted
Middlesex Regiment
1st Battalion
Service
Army life gave William stability.
The 1st Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment were posted to Egypt in 1935, and then in 1936 to Singapore; a further move took them to Hong Kong in 1937.
1941/12/08 - Japanese attack Hong Kong.
Battle for Hong Kong - Talk by Douglas Bertram and Brigadier Cecil Templer
1941/12/25 - Hong Kong surrendered
1942/01/21 - WO 417/37, Casualty List No. 726. Missing.
Japanese PoW
1941/12/25 - Captured Hong Kong
Shamshuipo Camp
Commander Major Boon
PoW No. 643
Japanese Index card - Side one
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/09/27 - Sailed from Hong Kong in the Lisbon Maru
On the third day at sea Diptheria broke out.
1942/10/01 - A noise like air rushing out of a tyre woke the sleeping PoWs and they realised a torpedo had just missed the ship. A few minutes later there was a loud explosion and the ships engines stopped.
The submarine, USS Grouper SS-214 had attacked and hit the Lisbon Maru.
At 7.30pm the Japanese destroyer ‘Kure’ and the Toyokuni Maru took of all the Japanese except a machine gun crew who had their gun trained on the Battened down hold.
1942/10/02 - Lisbon Maru sunk
Chinese fishing boats picked up survivors and landed them at Woosung, Nr. Shanghai. They were later transported to Japan.
Osaka 1B Camp, Japan
Work - Stevedores on Kobe docks
Excellent photos of work force at Kobe - Web page by Tony Banham
1945/06/05: Destroyed by air-raid
PoWs moved west side of Osaka 1B to Osaka 2B - Kobe
1945/09/06 - Liberated and on roll at Osaka 2B
Liberation Questionnaire
1945/10/03 - WO417/97-2, Casualty List No. 1874. Previously reported on Casualty List No. 898 as Prisoner of War now Not Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Hong Kong.
Repatriation
USS Admiral Hughes
1945/09/25 - Boarding No. 1210, Sailed from Manila, Philippines
With 1,528 British PoWs and 12 British Internees
Via Equimalt, British Columbia
1945/10/09 - Arrived Victoria, Canada
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Post War
1949/08/06 - William married Margaret Broderick
At Southend -on-Sea
Information
Irene Warren
Mike Heather
Battle for Hong Kong - Talk by Douglas Bertram and Brigadier Cecil Templer
Japanese Transport
Tony Banham’s books:-
‘Not the Slightest Chance’
‘The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru’
‘We Shall Suffer There’
Kobe Work Force - Web Page by Tony Banham
KEW Files:- WO 392/26, WO 345/57, WO 361/1780, WO 361/1964, WO 361/1963, WO 361/1744,
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