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Corporal
John Lumsden
1919/10/11 - Born Dysart, Scotland
Son of Henry and Agnes Lumsden
Next of Kin Parents, H and A Lumsden, Cook Street, Dysart, Fife
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
77 Heavy Anti Aircraft Workshops
Service
Stationed in Java.
Attached to the 77 Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment Workshops in Java.
Java fell to the Japanese on the 8th March 1942.
1942/07/03 - WO417/45, Casualty List No.866. Reported ‘Missing’.
1943/03/17 - WO 417/58, Casualty List No. 1085. Reported ‘Missing’.
1943/06/17 - WO 417/62, Casualty List No. 1163. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 1085 as Missing, 01/02/1943. ‘Missing Believed to be a Prisoner of War’
1943/07/15 - WO 417/63, Casualty List No.1187. Previously shown on Casualty List No.1163 as Missing believed Prisoner of War, 01/02/1943. Now reported a ‘Prisoner of War’.
Japanese PoW
1942/03/08 - Captured Java
PoW No. 2020
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/09/11 - Ready to be sent oversea.
1943/09/14 - Transported oversea in Harugiku Maru to Singapore with ‘Java Party 16’
1943/09/20 - Transported oversea in Seishin Maru to Fukuoka, Japan
1943/09/29 - Arrive at Manila Bay
1943/10/08 - Arrive Takao, Taiwan
1943/10/12 - Arrive Moji and transported to Fukuoka 6D Camp
The PoWs were labourers at a carbide manufacture plant, Denki Kagaku Kogyo (Electro-chemical Industry Co)
Photo taken at Fukuoka 6D - Tanoura
1945/06/30 - Transferred to Fukuoka 25B Shinkai-machi, Omuta
1945/09/16 - Liberated
1945/09/25 - Fukuoka 25B - Omuta, on roll
1945/10/25 - WO417/98, Casualty List No. 1893. Previously reported on Casualty List No. 1187 as Prisoner of War now Not Prisoner of War. Previous Theatre of War, Netherlands East Indies.
Repatriation
'USS Marine Shark'
1945/10/10 - Departed Manila, destination San Francisco, California.
1945/11/01 - Arrived San Francisco.
British then entrained to the East Coast and transported in Queen Mary to Southampton.
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Far East Medals
Post War
John married Margaret Harkes on the 12th June 1948.
They were blessed with Daughter Christine in 1951, and Son Lain in 1953.
John worked for many years with the Pearl Assurance Co Ltd in Kinghorn Fife. He taught the violin to Kinghorn Primary pupils and dad played in many orchestras across Fife .
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In Loving Memory of
John Lumsden
Died 28th September 1988
and his Wife
Margaret Lumsden
Died 14th June 2016
Much Loved and Ever Remembered
By All The Family
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Information
Lain Lumsden
Fukuoka 25b
Roger Mansell Fukuoka 6D
Roger Mansell Fukuoka 25B
KEW Files:- WO 345/32, WO 361/1940, WO 361/2217, WO 392/25, WO 361/2009, WO 361/2181,
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