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Gunner
George Henry William Barton
1911/11/25 - Born, London
Occupation Stock keeper
1940/11/14 - Enlisted
Royal Artillery
78th Battalion 35th Light Anti-Aircraft
Service
1940/11/14 to 1941/11/12 - United Kingdom
1942/01/13 - Malaya
1942/01/30 - A convoy of small ships left Singapore carrying 6 HAA Regiment (less 3 Battery) and 78 Battery of 35 LAA Regiment RA reinforced by two troops of 89 Battery.
1942/02/02 - Arrived at Palembang in Southern Sumatra . The anti-aircraft guns were deployed to the two airfields P1 and P2. P2 was forty miles to the South of Palembang and it was defended by 12 HAA Battery and the LAA guns of 35 LAA Regiment. P1 airfield seven miles north of Palembang was defended by one troop of 15 HAA Battery whilst its other troop was deployed in the large oil refineries just outside Palembang.
1942/02/14 - P1 airfield was attacked by a force of Japanese paratroopers who quickly took the airfield and pressed on to Palembang itself and the refineries. The Japanese presence made P2 airfield untenable and so the decision was taken to abandon South Sumatra and the melancholy process of evacuation started once more.
1942/02/16 - The route out to Java was down a 300 mile road and rail route to Oosthaven in the Sunda Straits (now called Telukbetung). The ferries and the frail bridges en route forced the Batteries to abandon their guns and all but their light vehicles.
1942/02/18 - The survivors of the three Batteries (two HAA and one LAA) had arrived in Batavia, Java minus their guns and other heavy equipment.
1942/03/08 - Java Surrendered to the Japanese
Japanese PoW
1942/03/09 - Captured Bandoeng, Java
PoW No. 1005
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index card - Side Two
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Timeline
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1942/03/09
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Captured Bandoeng, Java
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1942/03/28
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Tan Jong Priok Camp, Batavia, Java
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1942/07/06
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1942/09/14
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Java Party 1 sailed in Nishi Maru to Singapore,
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(700 British PoWs, 25 Australians PoWs)
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1942/09/17
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Arrived Changi, Singapore
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1942/10/10
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Sailed Java Party 1&2 in Hiteru Maru to Borneo
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(1886 PoWs)
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1942/10/13
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Batau Lintang, Kuching, Borneo
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1943/04
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Kuching Hospital
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1943/05/19
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1943/09
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Camp Sick Bay
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To 1945/09/02
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1945/09/02
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Liberated
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1945/09/27
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Australian B.G.H. Reception Unit, Labuan
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1945/10/20
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1945/10/27
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By Ship to India
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1945/11/05
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Arived Bangalore, India
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1945/12
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By Hospital Ship to England
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1946/02
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Kings College Hospital
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To
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1948/05
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Victoria Robinson
Java Index
Japanese Transports
KEW:- WO 361/2184, WO 392/23, WO 361/2207, WO 345/3,
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