Ba Database

To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

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

1696922

Gunner

Baldwin, Horace Charles

British

Royal Artillery

48 LAA Regiment 95 Battery

Japanese PoW Held:-

Java

Java Party No:-

Java/Depart:-

1944/05/19

Ship:-

Kiska Maru

Port/Arrive:-

Singapore

Port/Depart:-

1944/06/03

Land/Sea:-

Miyo Maru

Destination:-

Japan

Survived/Died:-

Died

Age:-

Date of Death:-

1944/06/20

Cause of Death:-

Sinking of Tamahoko Maru

Place of Death:-

At sea. 40 miles S.W. Nagasaki.

Loved Ones

Son of Henry Charles and Martha Baldwin; husband of Winifred Elizabeth Maria Baldwin, of Farnborough, Kent

Memorial

Column 12.

SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

The Miyo Maru sustained damage in Typhoon after leaving Manilla to Taiwan. Transferred in Manilla to Tamahoko Maru with Taiwan PoWs (total 772 PoWs). Sunk 1944/06/24 approx. 40 Miles S.W. of Nagasaki. Lost 560 PoWs.

Reference

WO 361/2220, WO361/2195, CWGC

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