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950260
Corporal
Harold McDonald
Born 1918/10/04, Liverpool
Son of Edward and Lena McDonald
A family of four brothers and a sister
Harold married Peggy
Occupation Aircraft Fitter
Royal Air Force
242 Squadron
Japanese PoW
1942/03/08 Captured Java
PoW No. 9961
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10 - Transported from Java to Changi, Singapore
1942/10/30 - Depart Changi, embarked Tofuku Maru for Japan
500 British, 500 Americans, 200 Dutch
Repairs to ship carried out in Saigon, French Indo China.
1942/11/26 - Arrive Moji, Japan in Tofuku Maru
83 sick taken to Moji Hospital
1942/11/27 - Transported to Tokyo 3B - Matsushima
New PoW No, 147
Work involved - Stevedores carrying cement for building of a dam
1943/08/01 - Camp name changed to Tokyo 2D - Hiraoka
1944/04/15 - Tokyo 16D Established and 100 PoWs Transferred from Tokyo 2D Camp
1944/04/16 - Arrive Tokyo 16D - Kanose
Work in Carbide Mill for Showa Denko Co.. Manufacture of carbon rods.
New PoW No. 1145
1945/08 - Renamed Tokyo 16B
1945/08/15 - Tokyo 16B, Kanose, Camp Roll
1945/09/06 - Liberated
Repatriated
Flown from Yokohama, Japan to Manila, Philippines
1945/09/24 - Departed Manila, Philippines in USS Admiral Hughes
1945/10/09 - British disembarked Victoria, Canada.
Then transported to Southampton and home.
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Died
Age 104
21st March 2023
At Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
Information
Japanese Transports
Roger Mansel’s site
Ships Home
KEW Files:- WO 361/1970, WO 361/2009, WO 392/25, WO 345/33, WO 361/1984, WO 361/1984,
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