To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

612683

 

Leading Aircraftman

Wood, Robert

 

 

Royal Air Force

605 Sqdn.

 

 

Japanese POW

Being transported from Ambon Island to Java in the Maros Maru

 

Died

PoW No.

12684

 

Age

27

 

Date of Death

1944/11/02

 

Cause of Death

 

 

Place of Death

At sea: Maros Maru

 

Nationality

British

 

 

Loved Ones

Son of William Thomas Wood and Eliza Wood.

 

 

Memorial

Column 439.

 

Singapore Memorial

 

 

When Allied raids began on Ambon, Huruku and Celebes in 1944, the Japanese retreated taking the 650 POWs with them, the Maros Maru transported them from Ambon to Java.

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