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Gunner
Cecil Tubb
12903/09/01 - Born Winchester
Son of John and Kate Tubb
Royal Artillery
12 Coast Regiment
Japanese PoW
1941/12/25 - Captured Hong Kong
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/09/27 - Lisbon Maru left Hong Kong for Shanghai with 1816 prisoners on board.
1942/10/01 - Lisbon Maru - Sunk 6 miles from Tung Fusham Island, off the China 29°57'N, 122°56'N by Attacked and sunk by USS Grouper (American submarine).
Rescued and taken to Whampou Docks, Shanghai.
Waiting for ship almost naked on quayside in freezing conditions
Transported to Japan
1942/10/10 - Arrived Moji
New PoW No. 28
Died
Age 37
1943/03/22
Osaka 2B - Kobe, Japan
Cause of death - Acute Pneumonia
Loved Ones
Son of John William and Kate Tubb, of Alresford, Hampshire
Memorial
British Section M.C.3
YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
KEW:- WO 392/26, WO 361/1623, WO 392/26, WO 361/1623, WO 361/1744/2, WO 361/1744, WO 361/1318,
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