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1517174
Gunner
James McLean
1909/07/18 - Born Crieff, Perthshire
Son of Donald and Jean McLean
Occupation Game Keeper
Royal Artillery
80th Ant-Tank. Regiment
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
PoW No. M80098
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/28 - Transported to Taiwan in England Maru
1942/11/14 Arrived Keelung, Taiwan
New PoW No. IV 1916
Kinkaseki Camp No.1
Worked in Copper Mine
Heito Camp No. 3
Shirakawa Camp No. 4A
1945/03/09 - Transported in Taiko Maru from Keelung, Taiwan to Japan
With 700 PoWs
1945/03/10 - Arrived Moji, Japan
Fukuoka - Miyata 12D, Japan
Work included Coal Mining
1945/08/15 - Camp renamed Fukuoka - Miyata 9B
New PoW No. 31798
1945/09/10 - Liberated Fukuoka 9B
James was taken from Fukuoka to Manila (ship unknown)
1945/10/10 - Boarded the USS Perida
1945/11/03 Arrived Vancouver
Then home on one of the following
Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth or Ile de France.
Information
Andy Rutherford
Mike Heather
Never Forgotten - Taiwan PoWs
Japanese Transports
KEW:- WO 392/25, WO 345/33, WO 361/1968, WO 361/1254, WO 361/1254, WO 361/2068, WO 361/2186,
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