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9th Coast Regiment

 

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With the help of the Commonwealth War Graves

 

This Page is Dedicated To

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Staff Serjeant

Hick, Charles William

 

British

Royal Artillery

9 Coast Regiment

 

Japanese POW

Force:

600 Gunners Party

Work Areas:

Rebual then Ballali Island

Survived/Died:

Died

Age:

39

Date of Death:

1943/03/05

Cause of Death:

Cause unknown but a mass grave was found on Ballali Island with the remains of 435 men, the remainder of the 517 who were transported to Ballali died before the massacre.

Place of Death:

Ballali Island

Buried:

The remains of those found were laid to rest at 12 mile north of Port Moresby, Papua.

 

Loved Ones

Son of James Henry and Bertha Ellen Hick; husband of Minnie Haworth Hick, of Isle of Walney, Lancashire

 

Memorial

Column 4.

Singapore Memorial

 

Left Changi 1942/10/18, commandeered by Lt-Col. J. Bassett, R.A., 35 L.A.A.. Dying with 517 other gunners on Ballali Island, New Guinea.

 

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“We will remember them”

 

 

 

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