I have been reading with great interest and sadness about the fate of the prisoners on the Hokura Maru. My Great Uncle Albert Edwin Nunn of the Cambridgeshire regiment was on this ship. Wondered if anyone has any information on him. I know he drowned on that awful day in September 1944 age 26.
hello Jaz one of our POW experts will be along shortly to advise futher Do you have his service records link here to apply Get a copy of military service records - GOV.UK Nu NUNN, ALBERT EDWIN Rank: Private Service No: 5933391 Date of Death: 21/09/1944 Age: 26 Regiment/Service: Cambridgeshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Panel Reference: Column 60. Memorial: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL Additional Information: Husband of B. M. Nunn, of Sutton, Cambridgeshire
If you would like a photo of his name on the memorial email Tony aka Bucklt using the email address he gives on this thread >> CWGC Kranji - Singapore Memorial: pics of c25,000 names now available.