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Java Index

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

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Sergeant

Foulkes, Kenneth

British

Royal Artillery

3 Bty., 6 H.A.A. Regt.

 

 

 

Japanese PoW Held:-

 

Singapore

Java Party No:-

 

 

 

Java/Depart:-

 

 

 

Ship:-

 

 

 

Port/Arrive:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port/Depart:-

 

 

 

Land/Sea:-

 

 

 

Destination:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Survived/Died:-

 

Died

 

Age:-

 

29

 

Date of Death:-

 

1944/09/12

 

Cause of Death:-

 

 

 

Place of Death:-

 

At sea: Rakuyo Maru

 

 

 

 

Loved Ones

Son of James Edwin and Janet Catherine Foulkes; husband of Elsa May Foulkes, of Brighton, Sussex

 

Memorial

Column 5.

 

SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

 

 

The Rakuyo Maru left Singapore for Japan on 1944/09/06 with 1318, these included Brit.600, Aus.718. Torpedoed on 04/09/44 by US submarine Sealion off East Hainan island at around 5:00am, Lat 18.0 N Lon 114.0E. Party included Brig. Varley (Aus).

 

 

Reference

 

 

 

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