Kachidoki Maru
This Page Is Dedicated To
6194849
Corporal
Gorton, Peter Bristowe
United Kingdom
Reconnaissance Corps
18th (5th Battalion The Loyal Regiment) Regiment
Japanese POW
Survived/Died:
Died
Age:
25
Date of Death:
1944/09/12
Place of Death:
Kachidoki Maru - Sunk North East of Hainan Island off China
Loved Ones
Son of William Bristowe Gorton and Florence Jessie Gorton, of Lewisham, London.
Memorial
Column 1.
Singapore Memorial
Sunk by USS Pampanito. Carrying 900 British prisoners from Singapore to Japan, 400 were lost.
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Britain at War
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