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Lance Bombardier
William Morrison
1919/09/07 - Born Ballymoney, Ireland
Son of John and Isabella Morrison
Royal Artillery
11/3 Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment
Japanese PoW
PoW No. IV 13606
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/04/04 - Oversea in Nissyo Maru to Saigon, French Indo-China with 1118 PoWs (All Ranks) called ‘Saigon Battalion’
Commander Lt-Col. Frances Edgar Hugonin’s Party (Awarded OBE 1946/09/12)
New PoW No. IV 13812
1942/04/09 - Arrived Saigon with half the PoWs down with dysentery because of the bad conditions on board the Nissyo Maru
Worked on docks unloading cargo
Escapes:- Baxter & Cassidy. Strong rumours in the camp that they were captured after 36 hours of freedom, brought back to Saigon and executed.
1943/06/22 - Transported overland to Thailand with 700 PoWs under Lt-Col. Hugonin
Steamer from Saigon to Mekong River, where they were barged across to Phnom Penh. There followed a very long 400 mile train journey to Bangkok.
1943/06/29 - No. 2 Jungle camp Kinsaiyok (Camp Ldr. Hugonin)
PoW No. IV 43436
Lt-Col. Hugonin protested to the Japanese about the shortage of food. They threatened to shoot him if he protested again but he stood firm. He was well respected by the men under him.
1943/07/24 - Kinsaiyok. (Camp Commander Lt. Col. Lilley)(159km from Nong Pladuk)
1944/07/14 - Transported to River Valley Camp, Singapore
1944/09/04 - Oversea to Japan in Kachidoki Maru, Japan Party 3.
With 900 PoWs
1944/09/12 - Attacked by the USS Pampanito submarine near East Hainan Island and sunk. All those who survived the sinking jumped within the first 10 minutes of the Kachidoki Maru being hit. William did not make it.
1944/09/12 - WO392/25, Missing on board ship.
1945/04/17 - WO417/90.1, Casualty List No. 1725. Previously reported Prisoner of War in Japanese hands, €“ Malaya on Casualty List No. 964 (Corrected by 1273). Now reported ‘Missing at Sea’.
Died
Age 24
1944/09/12
Loved Ones
Son of John and Isabella Morrison, of Seacon, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
Memorial
Column 10.
Singapore Memorial
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Lauren Morrison
Japanese Transport
Thailand Burma Railway
Kachidoki Maru
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
KEW Files:- WO 361/1742, WO 361/1987, WO 361/2169, WO 361/2062, WO 361/2057, WO 361/2068, WO 392/25, WO 361/2186, WO 361/2005, WO 345/37,
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