This Page Is Dedicated To

537707

Corporal

Collingwood, Richard Anthony

 

British

Royal Air Force

84 Squadron

 

Japanese POW

Captured in Java

 

Died

Age

25

 

1943/11/29

 

Loved Ones

Son of John Anthony and Constance Collingwood, of Low Fell, Gateshead, Co. Durham

 

Memorial

Column 426.

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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