Hell Ships

Lisbon Maru

 

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C/MX 54645

Petty Officer Supply

King, John Kenneth

 

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Tamar

 

Japanese POW

Being transported from  from Hong Kong to Shanghai in the Lisbon Maru

Hold

One

 

Died

Age

25

Date of Death

1942/10/02

Place of Death

Lisbon Maru - 6 miles from Tung Fusham Island, off the China coast, 29°57'N, 122°56'E.

Nationality

United Kingdom

 

Loved Ones

Son of John Henry and Cecilia Annie King, of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk

 

Memorial

64, 1.

CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

 

The Lisbon Maru left Hong Kong, 1942/09/27 for Shanghai with 1816 prisoners on board. Attacked and sunk by USS Grouper (American submarine).

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