Hell Ship Rolls -202

Rakuyo Maru

Also Named: Rokyo Maru

 

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4974795

Private

Ward George Kinsley John

 

United Kingdom

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

1/5th Battalion

 

Japanese POW

Being transported to Japan from Singapore on the Rakuyo Maru

 

Rescued by Americans

Torpedoed and sunk on 12/09/1944 by US submarine Sealion off East Hainan island at around 5:00am. 1159 were lost. Rescued by USS Pampanito SS 383 from water.

 

 

 

 

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