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Java Index

A database of those imprisoned by the Japanese in Java and their transports

1545764
 

Warrant Officer Class II (B.S.M.)

Folkes, Robert

British

Royal Artillery

49 Bty., 48 Lt. A.A. Regt.
 

 

 

Japanese PoW Held:-

 

Java

Java Party No:-

 

 
 

Java/Depart:-

 

 
 

Ship:-

 

 
 

Port/Arrive:-

 

 
 

 

 

 

Port/Depart:-

 

 
 

Land/Sea:-

 

 
 

Destination:-

 

 
 

 

 

 

Survived/Died:-

 

Died
 

Age:-

 

42
 

Date of Death:-

 

1942/10/20
 

Cause of Death:-

 

Dysentry - Buried at sea.
 

Place of Death:-

 

At sea:
 

 

 

 

Loved Ones

Husband of Elsie Florence Folkes, of Eastbourne, Sussex
 

 

Memorial

Column 4.
 

SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
 

 

Conflicting reports WO 361/1450 lists dying Lisbon Maru, WO 361/1748 lists dying off Nagasaki. As he was captured Java I believe WO 361/1450 to be wrong.

 
 

Reference

WO361/1450, WO361/2195
 

 

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