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D/JX 146752
(Some records use D/JX 146750)
Able Seaman
Donald Campbell Stewart
1919/11/24 - Born Londonderry, Northern Island
Son of John Alexander and Elizabeth Stewart
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Tamar
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Japanese POW
1941/25/12 Captures Hong Kong
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/09/27 - Second Draft left Hong Kong in the Lisbon Maru for Shanghai.
1942/10/01 - Torpedoed by USS Grouper six miles from Tung Fusham Island off the coast of China, a great loss of 820 PoWs when the ship sank.
Donald survived the sinking of Lisbon Maru and transported to Japan.
Osaka 1B - Minato-ku, Japan
On PoW Death List by Lieutenant Hamilton
Died
Aged 23
7th May 1944
Cause of death Acute Pneumonia
Cremated
Loved Ones
Son of John and Elisabeth Stewart. of Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Memorial
Brit. Sec. K. C. 4.
YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
IN LOVING MEMORY. MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Hell Ships
Book;- ‘We Suffer There - Hong Kong Defenders Imprisoned’ by Tony Banham
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
KEW Files:- WO 345/49, WO 361/2053, WO 392/26,
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