Apart from a few ships mentioned in the table above, most Commonwealth POWs from Japan were evacuated in USS ships to Manilla for transfer to Europe/Australia or Pearl Harbour where they were transferred to Canada. As an Infantry Landing Ship she carried 1 Surreys from Greenock to North Africa for the 1 st Army landings in November 1942. For questions or comments about this site, please e-mail ww2_troopships@comcast.net. They were all glad to be back on home soil and to carry on and not look back. After initially serving as a POW in Thailand on the Death Railway he was sent to Japan to work in the mines. 5864 returned personnel, POW & internees. After taking six months to recover, being only 6 stone on release and nearly blind, his sight recovered after large helping of Marmite (vitamin B) he took over his father’s hairdresser’s shop -father having passed away in 1943 due to gas from the 1st. Hi all, I have finally published my novel “Her Road From War”. If he was on a USS ship, it is likely that he would have been transferred off at Pearl Harbour for a Commonwealth ship to Canada. Built in 1921 with a gross tonnage of 16,280 and named Cameronia. I went to Kuching and visited the camp. Many, especially those from eastern seaboards, were shipped up through Pearl Harbor to Canada, where they were taken by special hospital trains to the Atlantic for shipping home. My father was captured in Singapore, and also survived the Thailand death railway, and copper mines of japan. Peoples war, the BBC website had an interesting story of a guy who was on a troop ship at that time and records that half the troops went to the Western Desert and the other half to Singapore and some of the ships went via Capetown and others via Durban. He landed in Portsmouth and got the train to Bridgwater where he lived. Some kept PoWs separate from civilians and most kept women and children separate from men and teenage boys. Does your photograph have any more identifying information on it, such as the cruise-line? Australia refused entry to large numbers of other Commonwealth refugees as its Government struggled with political issues around the cost to tax payer, although in 1946 it relented and took in 3,000 Dutch refugees. Despite the fortress’s naval capacity, it was seriously lacking in ships. The reason given was two-fold. Im also trying to follow my fathers repatriation after being liberated by the US military. hi January to June: The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. It is not known exactly how many Allied civilian internees were captured because records were either not kept or were destroyed. A Japanese Navy photograph (extensively highlighted for propaganda effect) showing HMS Prince of Wales at upper left and Repulse beside it slightly close to the camera. It is wretched to hear your grandfather passed away in ’43 before your father came home. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Acadia Mum and Dad were married for 58 years and she passed away in 2003, four years before him. The list of ships below includes ships for which information can be found in the timetables/sailing lists or other publications shown on this website. Was there an older cruise ship named Canberra? In Australia, repatriation ships usually released ex-PoWs at Fremantle, Sydney or Brisbane and occasionally at other ports such as Darwin and Woolloomooloo. 4oo additional paintings he did as a POW are now on family site http://www.changipowart.com please share if you consider worthy. JavaScript is disabled. Great to find this information and thanks for sharing via CoFEPOW. She was sunk off Bougie a few days later. Keep up the good work! He would then have been taken by rail across the continent where he would have embarked another ship to the UK. My paternal grandfather was OIC Troops on the Queen Mary (troopship) for an early trip from NZ to Egypt. In the summer of 1915 both the ships were involved in the Gallipoli campaign. The list is especially incomplete in terms of flights. I know of another father who died in his returning son’s arms when he went to meet him on arrival in the UK. My father, WFLocke, 4th Suffolks, service number 5823041 was, as far as I know liberated by the Australians from the last camp on the northern island of Japan. I can not as yet find anything on #2K and it doesn’t seem to quite relate to the naming structure. The camaraderie, the new sights and the thrill of seeing the surrounding warships in action must have been as exciting as they had hoped. Troops will join Maunganui, 321 most serious cases (6 died enroute). Many were located adjacent to potential RAF targets. He had other named (I think) ex prisoners with him. See end for disclaimers and addendum’s. My Aunt worked in the war office and was able to let my Mother know he was on his way home. Cheers, I got the impression that he went to R&R via New York, but reading the other posts on this site it could have been the other way round. In other instances, I found reports of expected arrivals but not the actual arrival. We can only imagine the stress these parents must have lived under. My dad William Davie 14 Section RAOC came home on the Chitral to Southampton on the 28/10/1945. My father was a.j.wisdom945543 gunner/ramc My father John Joseph Higgins Royal Artillery 944840 was at the fall of Singapore, liberated 02/09/1945 from Burma, we think he arrived in Liverpool in November 1945, we don’t have any photographs of my father when he was a young man, i was wondering if there would be any military photo’s in the army archives and how would we get some copies. Dad had been in Changi. KOBE july 43 to may 45 These first embarkations of relieved FEPOW began to arrive in Colombo from about 14 Sep. No other ships are listed, including those which are only mentioned in the archives or shipping in 1971 sections.) Others were huge, such as Tjihapit in Java which held 14,000 prisoners. I will be doing a proper launch in the new year (2017), but for now if you wish to get in some Christmas reading, the prices have been kept deliberately low for those who are most interested to get in first. Any thoughts on ship or how he got there. Some were horrific hellholes and others were merely ordinary houses with severe curfews. Devonshire also was used to carry troops to Juno Beach as part of the ‘D’ Day landings in June 1944. My father in law, John/Jack FYALL was from Lee, London, SE 12 and joined the territorials 118th Field Regt, 18th Division on 28.04. Relatives were sometimes told to welcome them at camp rather than on the wharf. “Dispositions, 22nd Brigade, 10 p.m. 8th February” – the positions of Australian forces around Sarimbun, Singapore, 8 February 1942. Singapore's Duty & Tax Import Laws. 23/6/46, Carried wounded POW to San Fransisco 12/12/45. In 1845 P&O services were extended to Singapore and the Far East and in 1852 they started a bi-monthly Singapore to Australia service. Paula. I have a letter from him 23 oct 1945 says just left Hawaii for ESQUIMATEL CANNADA due Friday 26th.. Renamed Empire Clyde in 1953. Most of my initial research has come from newspaper clippings announcing the arrival and/or departure of FEPOW and civilian internees from Singapore and initially I ignored other Far Eastern ports. Hi Ally, I have tried to find my Fathers route home for a long time without success. Unfortunately Dad slept through the stop and woke up at Taunton. Recovering the thousands of Australian citizens was the responsibility of the Australian Government, but coordinated by the local RAPWI authorities (Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees.) Then I can work on ships. embarked a further 3,300 military personnel for other destinations. Mostly Australian & British from Singapore and Thailand, 1900 POW, 1500 Internees. Well done. It was to take six weeks to Singapore. My father, FEPOW, Able seaman William Coates Nicholls, who passed away in 2007, aged 87, told me that he left Singapore, soon after the Japanese surrender on the Cruise Ship, ‘Canberra’ and he had a photograph of the ship. I have a telegam dated 27th Oct ” in vancouver due to leave on lizzie (Queen Elisabeth??) But the military police rounded him up and he was sent back to NZ. New Zealand, on the other hand opened it’s doors to 1,000 British citizens on a temporary basis and later 1,500 Dutch refugees. If anyone has an interest in the CoFEPOW organisation from West Sussex / South London, please get in touch. I was 19 years old. Singapore coastline clogged with ships full of oil that no one wants No injuries were reported in that blast on the Maltese-flagged Agrari tanker, according to its … I think we could maybe begin to move on if the Japanese government would only own up and admit they did wrong, apologise and possibly compensate. Estimates put the number at about 130,000 (not including local Asian populations.). Can you view https://changipowart.com/archives/4754 and advise if this is OK or otherwise via family website http://www.changipowart.com Off To The Sudan AKA Sundan (1932) It is more than likely that, since he mentioned Hawaii and Canada, he was on a ship from Japan to Hawaii to Canada. Hi Jill. There are at least 4 records for your father at http://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/ including his POW record. The troops need only be shipped to Burma or Calcutta, ideally the latter so to avoid being cut off when Rangoon falls. W.W. – and Dad made a success of the business, retiring in 1984 to live at Burnham-on-Sea. BM 10 BM-10 arrived in Singapore on January 25 1942 with the 44th Indian Infantry brigadegroup (6000 men), vehicles and stores for the 18th division and … The list is focused solely on British Commonwealth repatriation of PoW and Internees. The arrows indicate attacks by Japanese forces. On June 26th the landing began with Army stevedores going ashore to prepare for unloading. POW/internees, Route: Sydney - Morotai - Kuching - Labuan - Morotai - Balikpapan, Morotai - Brisbane - Sydney, embarked 34,600 rescued POWs plus 3,300 sick in hospital ships. Columns can be sorted to put the ships in alphabetical order. You will have direct or indirect knowledge of the fate of many of your comrades who died in enemy hands as a result of brutality or neglect. PoW’s on some British repatriation ships, eg: HMNZS Monowai, were warned by the O.C. That is just what will happen to the families of your comrades who died in that way if you start talking to all and sundry about your experiences. He caught a train back to Bridgwater and all the we coming party were still there to give him a fantastic welcome home. Countries where Allied prisoner camps were situated are: Japan, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Java, Federated Malay States including Singapore, Burma, Siam (Thailand), Borneo, Korea, New Guinea, and Formosa (Taiwan). But the majority of repatriated citizens, especially civilian ones, were welcomed at the wharf. Right from the start aircraft were used to remove a fortunate few. It was decided very early on, that the ex-prisoners were in no condition for long flights to the United Kingdom. In addition by war’s end there were a further 81 branch camps and 3 detached camps. Posted in National Service, Troop Ship Details | Tagged National Serviceman in the RASC, Singapore April 1952 | 5 Replies Jan 1961 was a very memorable cruise. In some cases naval vessels were used, and where known I have noted those. World War II Troop Ships claims no ownership of the images displayed on this site except for those expressly stated to have been photographed by "Shayne E. Wallesch". Regards Mal, Hi Ally,firstly thanks for putting this list together i would like to add that Nieuw holland sailed from singapore to liverpool 15/9/45 via colombo,suez,port said,gibralter my fathers diary says arriveduk 16/10/45but i expect that was when they dissembarked Actually thousands of people came to meet the majority of repatriation ships that arrived in October and November 1945. From http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-04CV-Glory.htm Later that year the Alaunia carried troops to Bombay. World War II Troop Ships is a "Fang, Ramses & Rupert " production. JINSEN sept 42 to july 43 However, many of this group were repatriated by US Navy, including, it seems, your father. However, it is true, especially in the case of PoW’s and government employees, that the public were sometimes kept away from the areas immediately adjacent to the wharf to allow for efficient disembarkation and/or because of potential infectious diseases. As outlaying camps were discovered and relieved, the prisoners were sent to larger areas, such as Singapore and Manila. Allied Powers Arthur Percival (POW) (UK) Gordon Bennett (Australia) Lewis Heath (POW) (UK) Merton Beckwith-Smith (POW) (UK) Empire of Japan Tomoyuki Yamashita Takuma Nishimura Takuro Matsui Renya Mutaguchi I think he was possibly shipped to Sanfranciso but can’t be certain. That being said, there were a limited number of POW arrivals in Poole, Britain, often repatriated RAF or air-crew. I have been trying to follow my fathers route of his repatriation from Japan to England. He left Moji Japan on an unknown hospital ship…. She and her sister ship, the Dilwara, represented a considerable advance on the older troopships. Southampton - Capetown - Australia sailings were started in 1853 and the opening of Suez Canal in 1869 shortened the journey times considerably. FUKUOKA 2Y may 45 to aug 45, Sadly died from Lukemia as a result of exposure to radiation ( presumed nagasaki) 1960 leaving wife and 6 children, This was a pretty famous ship (aircraft carrier), as the official surrender took place on her decks, but as she was commissioned in 1945, she did not see much action. But as I got more and more interested in the subject, I went back and included all Far Eastern Commonwealth repatriations that I could find. Sometimes so few PoWs were on board that the papers didn’t mention them. Operation Magic Carpet was the repatriation by sea of US personnel (POW and demobilised troops) back home. James Henderson arrived on the Monowai on the 10th October. The first ship shown is the Australia with many troops on deck, some waving. Nearly half of these were in Japan itself. Cheers and merry Christmas everyone, Ally McCormick. Its naval personnel transported prisoners to the bay and onto hospital ships. From what I’ve read in the newspapers, this can not be quite true. Majority of POW on Korea were evacuated by US Forces. The most easily accessed camps, in places like Singapore were evacuated first. Although comprehensive, this list is in no way complete. Company K of the 28th Infantry Regiment was the first AEF infantry unit to set foot in France. British were sent to hospitals in India or New Zealand. Nov.1960 was bought by the China Navigation Co and renamed KUALA LUMPUR. After a little while in Edinburgh, we were put on a train to Southampton, and then onto a troop ship called T. T. Navasa. Dutch and french recoveries ran into their own problems and many had to wait months for repatriation. The year was 1961. I was hoping to find the list of ships, I know they are on the memorial plinth at Liverpool, and it’s nice to know there is film footage. 116 PoW, 348 wounded military, arrived late at night (no official welcome), biggest RAF (2720) repat held up in Mercy (storm), 1460 (including 37 Canadian sick and 119 fit) + 3 more trips, Was one of four "Bay" ships to enter service (Largs, Esperance, Jervis), AIF 23 officers, 18 other ranks + 1 NZ + 3 merchant navy, 1000 civilian, 900 POW: army, navy, RAAF held up in Mercyside, 4,500 troops from Far East (not sure if she carried POW), 1000 Europeans incl 75 civilians ex Sime Rd, caught fire on 17 Oct 45 and 811 Indian + 9 British PoWs transferred to HMS Safoin, 659 AIF PoW. Whereas the British operation was largely finished by the end of November with the stragglers coming in by Feb/Mar/Apr 1946. His camps were CHÃNGI 15/2/42 till 15/7/42 I’d like to add that according to my Great Grandfather’s Changi POW diaries he left Keppel Harbour aboard the Moreton Bay with a ‘covettte escort’ on 13th September at 14:00 hrs, arriving in Madras on the 19th September 1945 at 09:00 hrs. There are two troop ships that you hear very little about, they were Empire Parkston and the Wansbeck, these were known as ST's (sick tubs). Empire Clyde. Possibly disembarked Commonwealth POW in Hawaii, Hospital Ship, sat in harbour processing sick Allied POW, Civilians incl women/children, POW, Military, British FEPOW taking on board the 198 from Reaper, Hospital ship, wounded POW/internees. With the limited information I’ve got, I’m thinking it’s a possibility he may have been on the Australian navy ship Canberra when he either arrived in Singapore or was captured and left on a cruise ship, but has muddled the two names? Many thanks In any case, thank you for the work you have done to give us all this information; it means a great deal to all of us. Hi thank you for this record. DILWARA: She trooped between Singapore - Calcutta - Andaman Islands, and Siam - Penang in 1945. I hope that this list may be of use to other researchers, one of whom will hopefully enlarge and complete it. Having received my dad’s records from Royal Navy navy command under remarks/comments states Lent to Antenor I now know that he arrived back in Liverpool 27 / 10 / 1945 after being flown from Sumatra where he was a POW of to Singapore, many thanks! thanks E Ross. Over 1,000 men were carried and the ship made three such trips, the first of which was completed in November 1945.”. The ships, now known as DM-1, departed the Addu Atoll on January 5 and arrived in Singapore on the 13th. I live in retirement now and through my window comes the sound of seagulls, http://troopships.pier90.org/crossings/1941.htm, VerticalScope Inc., 111 Peter, Suite 901, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1, Canada. Hi Keith, I’d like to add this ship into my list. That being said, many PoW had trouble finding work, because jobs were scarce and PoWs were underrated. 1939, ending up out in Singapore and then as a POW on the railway. After arriving in Vancouver he always related his journey over the Canadian Pacific Railway to Halifax, so we know this was a definite part of the route. As such he got to stay in one of the smartest rooms – something he would never have experienced in peacetime. From Halifax my father nether did relate which ship he had from there but I have been told that he most probably embarked on the Queen Elizabeth to Southampton but I see that the Iie de France sailed 4 days earlier so he could have been on that one. There are currently 100 entries in this table. It is available on Amazon in both paperback and kindle. Use the next button to move down the list. In Singapore the first British Navy cruisers to arrive in the Harbour were the Sussex and Cleopatra along with their minesweepers and destroyers. The very first 100 FEPOW to be rescued, were taken by RAF Dakotas which landed at Don Muang airstrip 13 miles from Bangkok. They arrived at Rangoon on 29 Aug 1945 and then flew on to Calcutta. Shows the departure from San Francisco of two troop ships, the S.S. Australia and the S.S. City of Sydney, bound for Manila during the Spanish-American War. Six of the nine armoured troop carriers belonging to Singapore, from a shipment detained at a container terminal, are seen in Hong Kong, China November 24, 2016. This was a Haskell class attack transport belonging to the American Navy for the purpose of troop transport. In 1943 she took part in the Sicily campaign as Command Operations Ship and carried troops for the Salerno landings. Troops destined for Singapore (and therefore a dreadful fate at the hands of the Japanese) were in ships detached after Durban from the main body and sent direct to Singapore in a series of three convoys designated DM (Durban Military). Nid oes dim yn ddall fel rhai nad ydynt yn dymuno gweld, is this the "Nelson" referred to? Going to Java in March and trying to find out more info. APOLOGIES IF YOUR COMMENTS HAVE DISAPPEARED: Once they had cleared a path, the first convoy came alongside Keppel wharves on Wednesday 5th September 1945 … Ship arrived in Yokahama on 9th Sep, first ship to leave Singapore, 400 men/women all stretcher cases. not to speak about the contemptible horrors they had witnessed when they disembarked. You know, many people are looking around for this information online, you could help them greatly. Your story if published in the more lurid and sensational press will cause much unnecessary unhappiness to relatives and friends. Some were nothing more than a camp at the side of a river or were hidden deep in the jungle. I’m just after as much information and clarity about this as I can get. Had Churchill wanted to, could a Dunkirk evacuation be possible? Presumably back to Britain. Learn how your comment data is processed. After the Jap surrender he returned via Vancouver & Halifax, he wrote a letter home while on the USS Oconyo bound for Manila. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Occasionally other Allied nations were included on these ships, but generally the Netherlands were responsible for their own citizens in the Dutch East Indies, the french were responsible for french Indo-China, and USA, China, etc for their own citizens. Singapore's de minimis value is 400 SGD. He said that he travelled across the Rockies by train and that they had a ticker-tape welcome in New York. Selected Troopships of WWII - Scroll down to see total list. It is often reported that the general public were disinterested in the PoWs on their return. [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.11, British India S.N.Co.] The ship was ordered by the British India Steam Navigation Company, from the Barclay Curle shipyard in Glasgow, and when completed she was chartered by the Government to carry troops. An old postcard of her. 485 British civilians (incl 45 Australian POW), Processed 10,000 of the sickest POW. In Singapore the first British Navy cruisers to arrive in the Harbour were the Sussex and Cleopatra along with their minesweepers and destroyers. The campaign, including the final battle, was a decisive Japanese victory, resulting in the Japanese capture of Singapore and the largest British surrender in history. The second ship, the City of Sydney, is shown being escorted by two harbor tugs. You also mentioned USS San Juan (CL-54) a light cruiser, which also arrived in Tokyo Harbour on 29 Aug 1945. I wonder whether there are any local, London resources available, which might give me further information regarding his situation? Churchill’s attention did turn to Singapore when the Japanese were in a position to threaten the Malay Peninsula in January 1942. I’ve included a few flights in the list to give an idea, but there were many more. Usually list-compilers see theirs as the final answer. My father was in japan 1945 last camp Fukuako 2k. Click here to view a site map. "According to our [U. Canada was also a popular route home for British ex-prisoners. ‘ 11th. If your total parcel is valued over 400 SGD, you will likely be subject to a 7% Singapore … Send those convoys with empty troopships and it seems doable. I’m sorry, I no longer have time to research individual cases, but have put my existing research online for others to use and expand on. Troop Ship (1914-1918) Two shots of hundreds of soldiers on a troop ship. Order of Silence: It is felt certain that now you know the reason for this Order that you will take pains to spare the feelings of others. I only know that he said in around 1963 ‘when I was at New Zealand there was nothing much there’. Refitted, she was used as a pilgrim ship to Jeddah and was eventually scrapped at Taiwan in 1971. Thank you I note that Hms Glory left Manila about 2nd Oct for Vancouver due 26 th Oct. I’ve been trying to find out how my Dad got home, he was RAF pow – we have an airmail letter he posted from Bombay dated 3 Sep 1945 saying that they were “about the first to be evacuated and start for Blighty”so maybe he was on one of the flights. Some camps had only a few prisoners. “Please let me know your idea of what would happen in event of your being forced to withdraw into the island,” requested Churchill. Commonwealth, 94 sick, majority of evacuees from Formosa were recovered by US Forces, 459 British P.O.W., including many from HMS Exeter. An unidentified destroyer is at lower right (© IWM (HU 2762)). Camps like Sime Road in Singapore were renovated and reused as Transit Camps for newly recovered Allied citizens. He had his fortieth birthday, 4th Sept 1945 still a prisoner. With many thanks, Penny Fyall. I am writing a novel about a soldier who in 1941 was captured by the Japanese in Singapore and forced to work on the Railway of Death. Some great work! My research has primarily been centred on British and Colonial civilian internees. This morning, I’ve added a few USS ships that were known to be transporting between Japan and Pearl Harbour. “HMS GLORY was then deployed on trooping duties and took passage to Manila to embark Prisoners of War for passage to Esquimalt in Canada where they were to return to UK. Cleopatra along with their minesweepers and destroyers info on the 28/10/1945 off ship! Hi Ally, would you have written out your statement and handed it in not actual. 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