P/JX 239537

Able Seaman

Barton, Sidney  Allan

Hometown Essex

Royal Navy

HMS Exeter

United Kingdom

1942/03/01 - Java Sea when HMS Exeter was sunk.

PoW Camps:- Makassar, Celebes and Fukuoka 2B (Nagasaki), Japan.

Survived Liberation

Roll - 'USS General R.L. Howze':- Departed Manila 1945/09/27, arrive San Francisco 1945/10/15. British then entrained to the East Coast.  Sailed in 'Queen Elizabeth' to Southampton.

Departed Makassar 1942/10/10 in Asama Maru to Japan.