To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

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Gunner

Wootton, Lewis Charles

 

 

Royal Artillery

89 Bty., 3/Lt. A.A. Regt.

 

 

Japanese POW

Being transported from Ambon Island to Java in the Maros Maru

 

Died

PoW No.

13286

 

Age

34

 

Date of Death

1944/10/10

 

Cause of Death

 

 

Place of Death

At sea: Maros Maru

 

Nationality

British

 

 

Loved Ones

Son of Joseph and Ellen Wootton; husband of Irene Wootton, of Nottingham.

 

 

Memorial

Column 34.

 

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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