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Sergeant
Frederick William Richards
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1911/01/26 - Born Guildford, Surrey
Son of Charles and Lilly Richards
Royal Army Medical Corps
27 Company
Japanese PoW
1941/12/25 - Captured Hong Kong
PoW No. 3233
Japanese Index Card - Side One
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Japanese Index Card - Side Two
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1941/09/27 - Transported in Lisbon Maru for Shanghai with 1816 prisoners on board.
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1942/10/01 - She was Torpedoed by USS Grouper, 6 miles from Tung Fusham Island, off the China coast, 29°57'N, 122°56'N.
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1942/11/24 - Reported Missing presumed dead
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Died
1942/10/01 to 1942/10/02 - Sinking of of the Lisbon Maru
Memorial
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Column 21.
SAI WAN MEMORIAL
Sai Wan Memorial is situated in Sai Wan War Cemetery
Place map of Sai Wan Cemetery
Information
Lisbon Maru
Roll of Honour
Book - ‘The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru’ by Tony Banham
KEW:- WO 392/26, WO 345/43, WO 361/1744/2, WO 361/1744, CO 980/138,
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