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4th Battalion

Royal Norfolk Regiment

 

Compiled with the help of the Commonwealth War Graves

 

This Page is Dedicated To

5780559

Private

Hunton, Walter James

 

United Kingdom

Royal Norfolk Regiment

4th Battalion

Former Regiment - Unknown

Former Unit - Unknown

 

Died

Japanese POW:

Yes

Age:

31

Date of Death:

1944/09/12

Cause of Death:

POW lost in the Kachidoki Maru

Place of Death:

The Kachidoki Maru was sunk North East of Hainan Island off China.

 

Loved Ones

Son of Benjamin and Christiana Beatrice Hunton; husband of Barbara Maud Hunton, of Norwich.

 

Memorial

Column 51.

Singapore Memorial

Singapore

 

Sunk by USS Pampanito. Carrying 900 British prisoners from Singapore to Japan, 400 were lost.

 

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