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T/199740
Corporal
John Edward Wadd
Born 1912/09/15 - Birstall, Leicester
Son of John Joseph and Elizabeth (nee Tuckwood) Wadd
Occupation Motor Salesman
Royal Army Service Corps
Japanese PoW
Captured Java
PoW No. 931
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/09/26 - Transported in the Kalgan from Batavia oversea with Java Party 2 to Singapore.
1942/10/09 - PoWs embarked at 1330 hours Hiteru Maru. Sailing at 1700 hours. Destination to Borneo with 1886 PoWs. The ship anchored in the Singapore Roads overnight.
1942/10/10 - At 0830 hours the ship sailed, arriving Sarawak at 1800 Hours, the ship anchored overnight.
1942/10/11 - The ship sailed slowly up the Kuching River and ran into a thunderstorm, where it spent the night.
1942/10/13 - At 0830 hours the 1000 PoWs disembarked. The rest carried on with the ship to Miri then Jesselton.
1945/03/27 - John died of disease and Malaria at Kuching
Japanese Death Report
Died
Age 34
14th May 1945 at 14.35 of Disease and Malaria
Buried Kuching J.4
After the war John was buried at Labuan Commonwealth War Cemetery
Loved Ones
Son of John Joseph and Elizabeth Wadd.
Husband of Elsie Wadd of Leicester.
Daughters Patricia, Sybil and Elizabeth.
Memorial
N.E.1
Labuan War Cemetery
Malaysia
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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God Bless Dad
This Memorial Page is on Behalf of John’s daughter, Patricia Barnes, who was only 6 weeks old when her father John left Britain for the Far East.
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