Hi 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

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Driver

Hitchens, Ralph

Australian

Australian Army Service Corps

A.I.F. 1 Corps Petrol Pk.

Japanese PoW Held:-

Java

Java Party No:-

Java/Depart:-

Ship:-

Port/Arrive:-

Port/Depart:-

Land/Sea:-

Destination:-

Survived/Died:-

Died

Age:-

Date of Death:-

1945/04/19

Cause of Death:-

Place of Death:-

Borneo: Sandakan

Loved Ones

Son of William and Florence Hitchens; husband of Eileen Kathleen Hitchens, of Albert Park, Victoria

Memorial

Panel 22.

LABUAN MEMORIAL

Sandakan death marches from 1945/01/29, to Paginatan and Ranau. Out of the 2434 Sandakan prisoners, 1787 Australians and 641 British died, only 6 Australians survived by escaping.

Reference

Keeping the Candle Burning

In Memory of FEPOW Family Loved Ones
Designed & Maintained by Ron Taylor.

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