Author: ronjtaylor

Working on the Addendum for the Roll of Honour, compiling Japanese Transports.

Working on the Addendum for the Roll of Honour, compiling Japanese Transports.

Working on the Addendum for the Roll of Honour, compiling Japanese Transports.

Working on the Addendum for the Roll of Honour, compiling Japanese Transports.

 

I have just worked out the fate of Java Party 20. Who sailed to Singapore in the Kiska Maru, arriving 1944/05/21. On the 3rd June they sailed with Japan Part 1 to Japan the whole Java Party 20 being put in the Miyo Maru. The convoy contained four ships transporting PoWs to Japan. They sailed via Manila and then onto Taiwan but hit a bad storm and the Miyo Maru sustained damage, the PoWs from the ship were transferred to the Tamahoko Maru. The convoy sailed on to Japan. 40 miles S.W. of Nagasaki they were attacked by US Tang (submarine) which hit the Tamahoko Maru and sunk her. Out of the 800 PoWs from Java Party 20 only 230 survived. They were taken to Fukuoka 14B. I did find this sinking before but now I know it was the Java Party 20 by comparing the names of those who died with the list I have of Java Party 20.

Added page in the Roll of Honour for William Parkinson:-

http://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/p/html/parkinson-william-3859284.htm

Information
Jane Parkinson
Escape from Singapore – 1942
KEW:- WO 361/2006, WO 392/25, WO 345/39, WO 345/28, WO 361/1948, WO 361/2178, WO 361/2063,

Added links from the Rising Sun (FEPOW Community) to the Addendum. Still compiling the database on transportation.

Added a oage into the Roll of Honour in the ‘Site memorial’ section for  Ivan Douglas Heathcote:-

http://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/h/html/heathcote-ivan-douglas.htm

Information
Eric Heathcote

 

Started on a database on Transportation, it is quite detailed so will take a while.

Set myself a project to get an Addendum together so users find it easier to track information.