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1627486
Gunner
Ivor Aleck Pope
Royal Artillery
239 Bty., 77 H.A.A. Regt.
Japanese POW
Believed to have died when the Suez Maru was sunk by USS Bonefish, off Kangean Islands 6º 22' South by 116º 35' East. Japanese Captain Kawano orders the shooting of the prisoners in the water. From 14.15 – 16.30 the Minesweeper W.12 massacres the survivors using machine gun and rifles. No survivors.
Died
Age: 35
29th November 1943
Loved Ones
Husband of A. M. Pope, of Swindon Wiltshire
Memorial
Column 28.
SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
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