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Aircraftman
Reginald Arthur Hughes
1920/02/16 - Born Griffithstown, South Wales
Son of John Thomas and Edith Maria Hughes
1940/07/31 - Enlisted
Royal Air Force
211 Squadron
Service
1941/11/12 - Sailed troop ship ‘Orange’ .
Via Freetown, Durban and the Red Sea to Port Tewfik.
Then onto Columbo, Ceylon then Oosthaven, Sumatra as Singapore had already fallen.
He moved onto to Batavia, Java.
1942/03/08 - Captured by the Japanese at Tasik Malaja, Java.
Japanese PoW
1942/03/08 - Captured Tasikmalaya
Djawa Camp, Java
PoW No. 1014
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/05/20 - Transferred to Surabaya
1943/04/22 - Transported from Surabaya to Haruku
New PoW No. 16682
Worked on a runway using coral as hardcore. His eyes were affected by vitamin deficiency and light reflected from the coral.
Reginald was lucky in missing the Suez Maru draft which was sunk by the USS Bonefish with the loss of all PoWs, those who survived the sinking were shot in the water by the Japanese.
Transported back to Java via Ambon
New PoW No. 462
1943/12/20 - Batavia Hospital
1944/09/09 - Cycle Camp, Batavia
1945/05/15 - Bandoen, Java
1945/09/02 - Liberated Bandoen, Java
Repatriated aboard S.S. Celicia
1945/10/29 - Arrived Liverpool
Post War
Diagnosed with nutritional optic neuropathy
Died
31st March 1998
Information
John Moses
Book - Prisoner Doctor by Richard Philps
http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/WW2/Haruku/index.htm
Liberation Questionnaire - COFEPOW
KEW:- WO 361/2010, WO 345/26, WO 361/1945, WO 361/2008, WO 392/24
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