to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead

28.7 other POWs

This group of men took a number of different paths to their eventual place of confinement.

Late in the war, men who have been left on Java were being trans-shipped to Japan when their Hellship was sunk.

JavaJapanO-78700DALTON JOSEPH FRANCISLtOTH-Sr8Zentsuji and Rokuroshi camps (Chikko)
JavaJapanO-71606FULTON ROBERT BURWELL 2DLtOTH-Sr8Zentsuji and Rokuroshi camps (Chikko)
JavaJapanO-62687GALBRAITH WILLIAM JACKSONLCdrOTH-Sr8Zentsuji and Rokuroshi camps (Chikko)
JavaJapanO-06163GALLAGHER FRANK EDWARD “Ned”2LtOTH-Sr8Zentsuji and Rokuroshi camps (Chikko)
JavaJapanO-77100KIRKPATRICK HARLAN GoodLtOTH-Sr8Zentsuji and Rokuroshi camps (Chikko)
JavaJapanO-58105MAHER ARTHUR LaurenceCDROTH-Sr8Omori [1]
JavaJapanO-70168PAYNE THOMAS BENJAMINLtOTH-Sr8Zentsuji and Rokuroshi camps (Chikko)
JavaJapanO-79582WINSLOW WALTER GillespieLt(jg)OTH-Sr8Zentsuji and Rokuroshi camps (Chikko)
JavaJapan20814122BRANDENBURG John Bunyan JRPVTOTH-V-BCFukuoka POW Camp #1 – Kashii
JavaJapan2017514CALLAHAN LEO AUGUSTUSSM2cOTH-V-BCFukuoka POW Camp #1 – Kashii
JavaJapan3000077LOGAN WILFRED EDWARDSM1cOTH-V-BCFukuoka POW Camp #1 – Kashii
JavaJava38050904ARMISTEAD Jack Dana “Friday”CPLOTH-V-BCBicycle Camp
JavaJavaO-81497BIECHLIN LOUIS EMILWOOTH-V-BCBicycle Camp
JavaJava3001219BINGHAM JOSEPH LEOSM1cOTH-V-BCBicycle Camp
JavaJava20812942BOWMAN WILLIAM Alfred “Billy Joe”CPLOTH-V-BCBicycle Camp
JavaJavaO-81812BURROUGHS CLEMENT DOSSLt (Med)OTH-V-BCBicycle Camp
JavaJava20813698CHUMLEY Horace EmmettPFCOTH-V-BCBicycle Camp
JavaJava20813587COBB Robert Jake “Dude”PFCOTH-V-BCBicycle Camp
JavaJava3760203CRISPI EUGENE CARLY3cOTH-V-BCBicycle Camp
JavaJava3285569FLYNN DAVID CHARLESRM2cOTH-V-BCBicycle Camp
JavaJava2123959ORTH EUGENE RPHM2cOTH-V-BCBicycle Camp
JavaJava2834612PETERS IRVING EUGENEF1cOTH-V-BCBicycle Camp
JavaJava34083307ROBBINS Howard SamuelPVTOTH-V-BCBicycle Camp
JavaJava38012784ROBERTSON William PinckneyCPLOTH-V-BCBicycle Camp
JavaJava2385963SWARTZ LOWELL WENDELLPHM2cOTH-V-BCBicycle Camp
JavaJava3209055FELIX IRVING ARTHURYM1cOTH-V-BC-DCDBicycle Camp
JavaJava20812957GRIFFIN GORDON ROBERTPFCOTH-V-BC-DCDBicycle Camp
JavaJava299689HILL DONALD WaynePvtOTH-V-BC-DCDBicycle Camp
JavaJavaO-63232ROSS RUSSELL ROOSEVELTLtOTH-V-BC-DCDBicycle Camp
JavaJava2238840ALLEVA JOSEPH GEORGESM1cOTH-V-DCDen route (Tamahoko)
JavaJava38027506GLATZERT PAUL APVTOTH-V-DCDen route (Tamahoko)
JavaJava20812850HAMNER HARRY BurnerPVTOTH-V-DCDen route (Tamahoko)
JavaJava20813359HARRISON JAMES WalterPFCOTH-V-DCDen route (Tamahoko)
JavaJava38038747JASTER ADOLPH HermanPVTOTH-V-DCDen route (Tamahoko)
JavaJava20814158LOONEY FRANK AudiePFCOTH-V-DCDen route (Tamahoko)
JavaJava20813557MILLER Gordon Rowe           “Brodie”SGTOTH-V-DCDen route (Junyo)
JavaJava20813717REDWINE Ardell LesliePFCOTH-V-DCDen route (Tamahoko)
JavaJava20815882SALZMAN MELVIN FrancisPVTOTH-V-DCDen route (Tamahoko)
JavaJava20813383SEWELL HAROLD ThomasPVTOTH-V-DCDen route (Tamahoko)
JavaJava20813723SHULTS LUCIAN DeanPFCOTH-V-DCDen route (Tamahoko)
JavaJava36203478SOKOLOWSKI JOSEPH FPFCOTH-V-DCDen route (Junyo)
JavaJava20814098SPARKMAN LEON StephenSGTOTH-V-DCDen route (Tamahoko)
JavaJavaO-82596WEILER FRANCIS Brooks “Boo Boo”Lt(jg)OTH-V-DCDPendeglagang, Java
JavaJava3209392WILLERTON ROBERT PAULY2cOTH-V-DCDen route (Tamahoko)
JavaJava20813345WILSON THOMAS AltonPFCOTH-V-DCDen route (Tamahoko)
Javaother20813823HARRELSON Memory Thornton1SGOTH-V-BCPakan Baroe Sumatra
Javaother296921MILLER WILLIAM DouglasPvtOTH-V-BCPakan Baroe Sumatra
JavaotherO-005141SEARLE Albert CCOLOTH-V-BCMukden Manchuria
Javaother287418WINTERS JACK VPvtOTH-V-BCPakan Baroe Sumatra

[1] In a twist that I wasn’t expecting, I was reading a book about MAJ Greg “Pappy” BOYINGTON’s exploits in the South Pacific. A former Flying Tiger, he commanded a USMC Corsair Squadron but was shot down over Rabaul. He spent time as a POW in the Omori camp in Tokyo Bay where he names CDR MAHER as the senior officer.

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