To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

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Airman

Donald Charles Cubitt

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1921/01/26 - Born Little Bealings, Ipswich

Son of Alfred Charles and Victoria Cubitt

1940/03/20 - Enlisted

Royal Air Force

Station Head Quarters

Airforce E

 

Japanese PoW

1942/03/08- Captured Tasikmalaja, Java

PoW No. J-1527

Japanese Index Card - Side One

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Japanese Index Card - Side Two

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Date

Camp

Commander

1942/03/08

Tasik Malaja, Java

W/C Steedman

1942/05/18

Surabaya, Java

S/Ldr Hofflin

1943/11

Surabaya, Java

Capt. Blum

 

South East Asia

1943/04/17

Set sail for Haruku

S/Ldr Pitts

 

Before leaving for Haruku S/Ldr Pits was badly beaten up by Sgt. Mori (Japanese Guard)

 

 

PoW No. 4884

 

 

Worked on airstrip at Haruku

 

1944/06

Ambon

Maj. Gibson

1944/08

Left Ambon in Maros Maru, 303 British deaths on the way back to Java (total 370 inc. Dutch)

 

1944/09

Makasar

Ramsay-Rae, AIF

1944/10

Reached Surabaya, Java - After 60 days at sea

 

 

Surabaya to Batavia.

Lt. Hayes

 

New PoW No. 1008

 

1945/05

Camp II, Bandoeng, Java

W/C Alexandra

1945/06

Batavia, Java

W/C Alexandra

 

1945/09/02 - Liberated Batavia, Java

 

Information

‘Prisoner Doctor’ by Richard Philps

Maros Maru

COFEPOW Liberation Questionnaire

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