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842978
Gunner
Norman Harding
Known as ‘Buck’
1914/06/25 - Born Sunderland
Son of Joseph and Margaret
1935/01/07 - Enlisted
Royal Artillery
7/5 H.A.A. Regiment
1942/01/26 - WO 417/37, Casualty List No. 730. Missing
Japanese PoW
1941/12/25 - Captured Hong Kong
PoW No. 2392
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index card - Side Two
1943/01/19 - Transported in third draft from Hong Kong to Japan in Tatsuta Maru
Included 1180 PoWs
1943/01/19 - Osaka - Sakurajima. Japan
Worked Osaka Iron Works
1943/02/18 - Renamed Osaka 8B
1944/07/25 - McGee and Wharton escape
1944/07/26 - Both recaptured and executed
1944/10/01 - Renamed Osaka 4D
1945/04/17 - Camp destroyed in air raid
1945/05/17 - PoWs from Sakurajima Transferred to Akenobe
Worked in Mitsubishi Corporation copper mine
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Nationality
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Numbers of PoWs
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Americans
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100
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British
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160
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Australians
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28
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Total
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296
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1945/09/09 - Liberated Osaka 6B - Akenobe
1945/12/10 - WO417/100, Casualty List No. 1932. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 886 as reported Prisoner of War now Not Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Hong Kong.
Information
Lilian Loraine
Japanese Transport
Liberation Questionnaire - COFEPOW
Roger Mansell - PoW Resources
Tony Banham - Books
KEW Files:- WO 392/24, WO 345/23, WO 361/1964, WO 361/1963,
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