Hell Ships

Lisbon Maru

 

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Gunner

Rees, Leonard, Frederick

 

Royal Artillery

12 Coast Regiment

 

Japanese POW

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

Hold

Three

 

Died

Age

34

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

Husband of Amy Rees, of Ford, Plymouth, Devon, England

 

Memorial

Column 6.

SAI WAN 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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