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PJ80264
Chief Petty Officer
Frederick George Guiver
1899/12/28 - Born Weymouth
Son of Albert and Alice Guiver
1917/10/22 - Enlisted
Royal Navy
HMS Mata Hari
Service
The HMS Mata Hari left Singapore with a ship’s complement of 483: nine officers, 72 European ratings, two Asian crew, 30 Royal Marines, 50 Royal Naval personnel from HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse, 60 Army personnel, 118 civilian men and 132 women and children.
It picked up some survivors from HMS Scorpion which had been sunk carrying escapees from Singapore, they had been in the water for quite a while.
HMS Mata Hari was attacked by the Japanese in the Bangka Straits, 10 miles S.E. of Muntok on the 15th February 1942 and as there were many civilians on board the captain surrendered the ship to the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper tender Eiko Maru with no loss of life.
Survivors were taken as prisoners of war to Muntok, Bangka Island but some crew members were forced to stay aboard the captured ship. The Mata Hari was then taken back to Singapore.
The HMS Mata Hari was renamed Nichirin Maru in October 1942 and was used by the Japanese as a troop carrier. It was eventually was sunk 2nd March 1945 in the East China Sea with the loss of 17 crewmen.
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured 10 miles from Bangka island
Taken to Muntok, Bangka Island
PoW No. II 245
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/03 - Transported via Moesi River to Mula School, Palembang
1944/02 - SungeiGeron (Sungei Ron), Palembang
New PoW No. II 5105
1945/06 - Transported to Changi, Singapore
1945/09/02 - Liberated Changi, Singapore
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
COFEPOW Liberation Questionnaire
KEW:- WO 392/24, WO 345/31, WO 361/1947,
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