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Gunner
James Hillen
1918/10/23 - Born Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
Son of Patrick and Bridget Hillen
Occupation Labourer
Royal Artillery
7th Coast Regiment
16 Defence Regiment
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
Southern Area
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/04/24 - Transported Oversea with ‘G’ Force in the Kyokko Maru
With 1500 PoWs - 300 British, 200 Australians, 1000 Dutch
Commander Major R. Glasgow, 8th Div. Amm. Sub Pf. AIF
1943/05/21 - Arrived Japan
1943/05/23 - Arrive at Tokyo 9B - Omi
PoW No. 2569
1943/08/01 - Name changed to 7D
1945/08 - Name changed to 13B
1944/01/30 - Died at 13B Omi, Japan
(CWGC use 1944/01/31 as death date)
Died
Age 24
31st January 1944
Cause of Death Acute Gastro-enteritis
Loved Ones
Son of Patrick and Bridget Hillen, of Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
Memorial
Brit. Sec. C. B. 10.
Yokohama War Cemetery
Japan
Tokyo 13B Memorial
Denki Kagaku Co. has erected a memorial close to where the camp was located, and the unveiling ceremony was held on Sept. 5, 2014. On the memorial are inscribed all of the names of the 58 British and two Americans who died while being held there, remembering their sacrifices as well as those who survived.
SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL. LOVING PARENTS, SISTER AND BROTHERS
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Christine Tyrrell
Japanese Transport
Japanese Homeland PoWs
KEW Files:- WO 361/1970, WO 367/2, WO 345/25, WO 361/1623, WO 361/1745, WO 361/2185,
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