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Leading Aircraftsman
Charles Arthur Henry Wigley
1912/05/05 - Born Mursley, Buckinghamshire
Son of George and Hannah Wigley
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
242 Squadron
Japanese PoW
1942/03/20 - Captured Java
Djawa Pow Camp
PoW No. 4659
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1944/05/19 - Transported from Batavia, Java to Singapore in Kiska Maru with Java Party 20. PoWs - British 194, Australian 259, Dutch 306, Americans 42.
1944/05/21 - Arrived and taken to River Valley Camp, Singapore
1944/06/03 - Transferred to Miyo Maru in with other PoW ships Hozan Maru, Hiyoki Maru and Kokusei Maru in Convoy HO-02 with 19 ships known as Japan Party One. The cargo ship Tamahoko Maru was also in the convoy which sailed to the Philippines.
1944/06/11 - Arrived Manila, Philippines , where the Tomahoko Maru filled its holds with 7,500 tons of copper ore.
1944/06/14 - The Ho-02 convoy of now just 6 ships left Manila and sailed for Takao, Taiwan but they sailed into a typhoon which caused damage to the Miyo Maru.
1944/06/18 - After reaching Takao the miyo Maru was in no fit state to carry on so the PoWs from that ship were transferred to the Tamahoko Maru.
1944/06/20 - HO-02 convoy left Takao for Keeling, Tawain with escorts and the day after sailed for Japan.
1944/06/24 US submarines Shark II, Tang and Tinosa attacked the convoy
Off Nagasaki - Lat. N 33.24, Log. E 192.38
US Tang fired its torpedoes at the escorts then at the Tomahoko Maru, but left the other PoW transports alone as their intelligence had informed them, they carried PoWs, not knowing that the Tonahoko Maru now had PoWs on board. The Torpedoes hit the Tamahoko Maru in the forward hold and amidships.
1944/06/25 - At 10 am ships arrived to take the Japanese of the sinking Tamahoko Maru, the PoWs were left as last to be picked up, but there was an explosion and the ship sank quickly. 560 PoW lives were lost including Charles.
Died
1944/06/26
When the Tomahoko Maru was sunk off Nagasaki, Japan
Loved Ones
Son of George and Henrietta Wigley
Husband of Edith Meta Wigley, of Bedford
Memorial
Column 439
Singapore Memorial
Information
Angela Sturman
Jave Index
Japanese Transport
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
KEW:- WO 361/1742, WO 361/1945, WO 361/1222, WO 361/2008, WO 361/1742, WO 361/2057, WO 345/55, WO 361/1742, WO 361/2018, WO 361/1516, WO 361/1530,
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