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Corporal
Roland Aubrey Pilcher
(Known as Ronald Aubrey Pilcher)
1919/04/17 - Born Faversham
Son of Thomas and Elsie (nee Frankland) Pilcher
1940/04/25 - Enlisted
Royal Signals
att. Royal Artillery
6 HAA Regiment
Japanese PoW
1942/03/08 - Became PoW on Java
1942/03 Tanjoeng Priok, Java
Commander Colonel Lane
PoW No. 1140
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/16 - Transported from Java to Singapore in Yoshida Maru
1942/10/29 - Transported to Japan Singapore Maru
1942/11/26 - Established Yahata Provisional POW
Worked in coal mine
Major J.S. Allpass, Royal Artillery
1943/01/01 - Camp renamed Fukuoka Camp Ube
1943/03/01 - Camp renamed Fukuoka 8-B
1943/12/01 - Camp renamed Fukuoka 3-D
1945/04/14 Jurisdictional control transferred to Hiroshima 6-D
1945/08 Camp renamed Hiroshima 8B
Commander Major R. Earl, Royal Artillery
1945/09/02 - Liberated Hiroshima 8B - Motoyama
Post War
1948 - Married Eleanor A. Thwaite, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
Died
1997
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Information
Andy Ledger
Hiroshima 6D
Hell Ship
KEW:- WO 361/1977, WO 392/25, WO 361/2009, WO 361/1982, WO 361/1960, WO 345/41,
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