To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

 

Java Index

A database of those imprisoned by the Japanese in Java and their transports

975543

 

Gunner

Agar, John Robert

British

Royal Artillery

232 Bty., 77 H.A.A. Regt.

 

 

 

Japanese PoW Held:-

 

Java

Java Party No:-

 

 

 

Java/Depart:-

 

 

 

Ship:-

 

 

 

Port/Arrive:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port/Depart:-

 

 

 

Land/Sea:-

 

 

 

Destination:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Survived/Died:-

 

Died

 

Age:-

 

27

 

Date of Death:-

 

1943/11/29

 

Cause of Death:-

 

Drowned

 

Place of Death:-

 

At sea: Suez Maru -  Lat 6.20S Long 116.30 E

 

 

 

Loved Ones

Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Agar; husband of Edith Agar, of Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent

 

 

Memorial

Column 11.

 

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.

 

 

 

Reference

WO361/2195, WO361/1616

 

 

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