To honour those who served their country

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Java Index

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

1633482

 

Gunner

Chapman, Stanley Edward

British

Royal Artillery

241 Bty., 77 H.A.A. Regt.

 

 

 

Japanese PoW Held:-

 

Java

Java Party No:-

 

23

 

Java/Depart:-

 

1943/09/17

 

Ship:-

 

Junyo Maru

 

Port/Arrive:-

 

Sunk before reaching Sumatra.

 

 

 

 

Port/Depart:-

 

 

 

Land/Sea:-

 

 

 

Destination:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Survived/Died:-

 

Died

 

Age:-

 

34

 

Date of Death:-

 

1944/09/18

 

Cause of Death:-

 

Junyo Maru sunk by HMS Tradewind

 

Place of Death:-

 

At sea: Junyo Maru - MoakoMoakao, Lat 20.53S Lon 101.11E

 

 

 

Loved Ones

Son of Harold and Clara Chapman; husband of Doris Annie Edith Chapman, of Coton, Cambridgeshire

 

Memorial

Column 15.

 

SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

 

 

The Junyo Maru left Batavia, Java for Padang, Sumatra 1944/09/16 with 6520 prisoners, these included 2320 Dut. Brit. Amer. Aus. 4200 Javanese romusha. Sunk by HMS Tradewind off MoakoMoakao Lat 20.53S Lon 101.11E. Lost 5640.

 

 

Reference

WO361/2223, CWGC, WO361/2195

 

 

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