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Private
4980781
James Henry Brooks
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1915/07/15 - Nottingham
Son of James Henry and Mary Brooks
Occupation General Labourer
Sherwood Foresters
1/5 Battalion
Service
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1941/10/30 - Sailed in ‘Orcades’ with Convoy CT.5 from Liverpool with the 18th Division
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1941/11/08 - Arrived Halifax and transferred to USS West Point with 55th Infantry Brigade, consisting of 1st Cambridgeshires and 5th Beds and Herts (3250 troops).
1941/11/10 - They sailed from Halifax in Convoy William Sail 12X. Sailing via Trinidad and Cape Town.
1941/12/08 - Japan entered the war by attacking Pearl Harbour and Malaya.
1941/12/25 - Mount Vernon left convoy with the 53rd Infantry Brigade, sailing for Singapore in convoy DM1
1941/12/27 - Arrived Bombay, now became Task Force 14.2
1942/01/02 - Sailed from India destination Singapore in Task Force 14.2
1942/01/29 - Arrived Keppel Harbour Singapore
1942/02/15 - Singapore Surrendered to the Japanese
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Thompson Road, Singapore
PoW No. II 8060
Japanese Index Card - Side One
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Japanese Index Card - Side Two
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Transported overland to Thailand
PoW No. II 8060
Transported back to Singapore with Group 2 Parties 25 and 29
1944/07/04 - Transported oversea from Singapore in Asaka Maru, Japan Party 2
1944/08/15 - Asaka Maru was storm damaged and PoWs transferred to Hakusan Maru at Keelung, Taiwan
New PoW No. II 40305
Died
1944/08/22
Cause of death given as:-
Acute Enteritis, Bacillary Dysentery and Heat Exhaustion
21 deaths on board both ships with 17 with certificates, 13 died from Bacillary Dysentery
Report from Captain Longbottom RAMC - dated 1946/06/05
‘ All the 17 deaths took place on the voyage to Japan of a party of approx. 750, comprising of parties 25 and 29 inclusive from Number 2 Group Camp in Thailand.
The original list with a report on the conditions of the voyage was handed in to British interrogation authorities at the reception camp for the Japanese Prisoners of War, Manilla, September 1945.’
Memorial
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Column 71
Singapore Memorial
Information
Convoy William Sail 12X
Japanese Transports
KEW:- WO 361/1527, WO 361/241, WO 345/7, WO 361/2005, WO 392/23, WO 361/2167, WO 361/1108 (covers the Asaka Maru and Hahusan Maru deaths)
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