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This Page Is Dedicated To

T/157214

Driver

Thorpe, Albert

 

British

Royal Army Service Corps

attd. 48 Lt. A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery

 

Japanese POW

Captured in Java

 

Died

Age

25

1943/11/29

 

Loved Ones

Son of Elizabeth Thorpe, of Atherton, Lancashire

 

Memorial

Column 100.

SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

 

Sunk by USS Bonefish, off Kangean Islands 6º 22' South by 116º 35' East. Japanese Captain Kawano orders the shooting of the prisoners in the water. From 14.15 – 16.30 the Minesweeper W.12 massacres the survivors using machine gun and rifles. No survivors.

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