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Leading Aircraftman
Eric Thomas Robinson
Born 1922/04/29 - Warsop, Nottinghamshire
Son of Sydney and Edith Robinson
Next of Kin - Parents: S and E Robinson, Oakfield Avenue, Warsop, Notts.
Royal Air Force
153 Maintenance Unit
Far East Command West Group
Service
Area of service in the Far East - Moluccas
Japanese PoW
1942/03/21 - Captured Sumatra
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1943/09/26 - Departed Batavia, Java in Makassar Maru with Java Party 17A for Singapore
1943/10/01 - Arrived Changi, Singapore
1943/10/21 - Departed Singapore for Japan in Matsue Maru
1943/11/06 - Takao, Taiwan some offices disembarked, 50 British Officers embarked
1943/11/15 - Arrived Moji, Japan
Taken to Osaka 14B - Wakayama, Japan
New PoW No. 6435
1943/11/05 - Renamed Osaka 14B
1945/03/29 - Camp closed, transferred to Osaka 19B Ikuna, Japan
PoWs Transferred:-
USA 44 - British 383 - Australian 8 - Dutch 1 - Canadian 2 - New Zealand 2
Total 440
Worked for Mitsubishi Copper Mining Company
1945/08/ - Renamed Osaka 4B - Ikuna, Japan
1945/09/09 - Liberated
Repatriated
HMS Implacable
1945/09/25 - Depart Manila
1945/10/11 - Arrive Vancouver’s ‘A’ Pier ,Canada
Then entrained to East Coast and transported to the UK.
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Post War
Return visit to Ikuna, Japan
Eric with Tom Hunter, Vic Davie, Harry Goodwill at Ikuna, Japan
Information
Andrew Robinson - Son
FEPOW Repatriation Rolls
KEW Files:- WO 361/1971, WO 361/2009, WO 361/2218, WO 392/26, WO 345/44, WO 361/1963, WO 361/1964,
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