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Lance Sergeant
Edwin Arthur Young
1909/11/13 - Born Purley, Surrey
Son of Harry and Rose Young
Occupation Bank Manager
Royal Artillery
78 Battery 35th Regiment LAA.
Att. 6 Hy AA
Service
1941/11/09 - Arrived at Gourock, Scotland at 5.30am
The ‘Empress of Japan’ was a grand liner of 26,000 tons and had been doing the C.P.R.’s Pacific run to Japan during the years immediately preceding the war.
1941/11/12 - Lay four days off Gourock before sailing with a convoy of 10 liners and five cargo ships
Anchored off Freetown
1941/12/18 - Docked at Durban, South Africa
Shore leave in Durban
1941/12/24 - Sailed from Durban in ‘Narkunda’
1941/12/30 - Maldive Islands
1942/01/13 - Docked at Pier 13, Keppel Harbour, Singapore
1942/01/28 - Sailed from Singapore to Palembang, Sumatra
1942/02/16 - Transported from Sumatra to Java
Japanese PoW
1942/03/08 - Captured Java
PoW No. 2436
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/17 - Transported to Japan in Singapore Maru
1942/11/27 - Arrived YAHATA Provisional POW CAMP, UBE, Japan
1943/01/01 - Renamed FUKUOKA POW CAMP UBE Branch Camp
1943/03/01 - Renamed Fukuoka 7-B
1943/12/01 - Renamed Fukuoka 2-D
1945/04/14 - Renamed Hiroshima PoW 5D
Became Hiroshima 7B
Liberated Hiroshima 7B - Ube Okinoyama
More Information
Freedom Loosens the Memory
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Tim Lloyds
KEW:- WO 361/2009, WO 392/26, WO 345/58, WO 361/1982, WO 361/1960, WO 361/1368, WO 361/1368, WO 361/2192, WO 361/1963
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