To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

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Airman - Air Force E

Joseph William Ward

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1912/04/22 - Born Darwen, Lancashire

Son of Joseph and Martha Jane Ward

Royal Air Force

211 Squadron

 

Japanese PoW

1942/03/08 - Captured Java

PoW No. III 2000

Japanese Index Card - Side One

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Japanese Index Card - Side Two

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1943/04/17  - Transported to Haruku Island from Surabaya, Java with 2074 PoWs

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Camp No. 3 Haruku Isalnd

Work was to flatten top of Island for an air strip.

Illness amongst the PoWs was a big concern as the island was infested with bluebottles.

1943/06/16 - Joe reported sick with dysentery

By September 1943, 370 PoWs had died at Haruku Island.

 

Died

Aged 23

1943/08/05

Cause of Death Bacterial Dysentery

 

Loved Ones

Son of Joseph and Martha Jane Ward, of Darwen, Lancashire

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Buried Kariu Cemetery, Haruku (Haroekoe) Island

After the war Joseph was moved to a Commonwealth War Grave at Ambon

 

Memorial

10. D. 14.

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

Ward-Joseph-William - Ambon War Cemetery Plan

THOUGH ABSENT, JOE, YOU ARE ALWAYS NEAR, STILL LOVED AND DEARLY MISSED

 

Information

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Prisoner Doctor by Richard Philips (Book)

Death in the Spice Islands

Arthur Stock

Prisoner Under the Rising Sun

KEW:- WO 392/26, WO 345/54, WO 361/1945, WO 361/2008, WO 361/1222, WO 361/1222, WO 361/1616, WO 361/1616, WO 361/1292,

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