Many repatriation ships carried returning troops for demobilisation, rather than FEPOW. Come join the discussion about crew logs, maritime history, shipping lines, shipwrecks, cruise ships, weather, and more! " Churchill’s attention did turn to Singapore when the Japanese were in a position to threaten the Malay Peninsula in January 1942. I hope that this list may be of use to other researchers, one of whom will hopefully enlarge and complete it.  Catalinas, Dakotas and Liberator aircraft are known to have been used, especially for flights to Australia and India. 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). Usually list-compilers see theirs as the final answer. You are not to say anything to anyone until after you have written out your statement and handed it in. The troops need only be shipped to Burma or Calcutta, ideally the latter so to avoid being cut off when Rangoon falls. I see from your list that the Monowai arrived on the 8th October, I have been looking at the wrong date. Does your photograph have any more identifying information on it, such as the cruise-line? The last POWs from Japanese territory. Its naval personnel transported prisoners to the bay and onto hospital ships. DILWARA: She trooped between Singapore - Calcutta - Andaman Islands, and Siam - Penang in 1945. 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. Camps like Sime Road in Singapore were renovated and reused as Transit Camps for newly recovered Allied citizens. Estimates put the number at about 130,000 (not including local Asian populations.). While this is dry reading, I found it fascinating. The arrows indicate attacks by Japanese forces. 14-knot convoys of tankers with some fast cargo ships: UGF: Chesapeake Bay to Mediterranean 24 October 1942 8 April 1945 22 faster ships - (UGF-1) was the invasion force for Operation Torch: UGS: Chesapeake Bay to Mediterranean 13 November 1942 28 May 1945 95 slower ships UT United States to British Isles 1943 1944 troopships It was decided very early on, that the ex-prisoners were in no condition for long flights to the United Kingdom. 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. For Edwards, as with all the troops, life on the ship was a new experience for them and I would imagine it embodied much of what they had envisioned the war to be. Some were nothing more than a camp at the side of a river or were hidden deep in the jungle. January to June: The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. She and her sister ship, the Dilwara, represented a considerable advance on the older troopships. Arrangements have been made for you to tell your story to interrogating officers who will get you to write it down. 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. Relatives were sometimes told to welcome them at camp rather than on the wharf. 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. Although comprehensive, this list is in no way complete. Some camps had only a few prisoners. Anchor Line. “Dispositions, 22nd Brigade, 10 p.m. 8th February” – the positions of Australian forces around Sarimbun, Singapore, 8 February 1942. Some Br. Between Jan 3 and Feb 5, 1942 ten convoys arrived at Singapore carrying over 30,000 troops. He caught a train back to Bridgwater and all the we coming party were still there to give him a fantastic welcome home. World War II Troop Ships is a "Fang, Ramses & Rupert " production. I have been trying to follow my fathers route of his repatriation from Japan to England. In other instances, I found reports of expected arrivals but not the actual arrival. That being said, there were a limited number of POW arrivals in Poole, Britain, often repatriated RAF or air-crew. Special trains and/or volunteer caravans were arranged to transport new arrivals. In any event, the ships arrived in Singapore on 2 December 1941 and were redesignated Force Z. If there was an official photograph taken of him, and there usually was I believe, then his army record should contain it. The reason given was two-fold. Ship arrived in Yokahama on 9th Sep, first ship to leave Singapore, 400 men/women all stretcher cases. 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. 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. Thanks for doing this, I’m researching my grandfather, I know he was captured in Java and taken to Borneo, I have his notes and postcards he sent home. Source: Troopships of World War II by Roland W. Charles, published by the Army Transportation Association, Washington, D.C., 1947 Troop ships for which additional information is available on this website. Whereas the British operation was largely finished by the end of November with the stragglers coming in by Feb/Mar/Apr 1946. In general, Australians were sent to hospitals in Moratai and Labuan. My research has primarily been centred on British and Colonial civilian internees. Majority of POW on Korea were evacuated by US Forces. 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. I think he was possibly shipped to Sanfranciso but can’t be certain. Right from the start aircraft were used to remove a fortunate few. I know he was was on the Nishu Maru to Singapore, not sure of the ship to Borneo or back to Bangalore after liberation. Keep up the good work! Hi Ally, Refitted, she was used as a pilgrim ship to Jeddah and was eventually scrapped at Taiwan in 1971. Hi Ally, my Dad Eric Barnes an Argyll and Sutherland Highlander liberated from Japan completed his final leg of the journey home from New York to Southampton on the Queen Mary… he arrived on Nov 7th 45…. Over 1,000 men were carried and the ship made three such trips, the first of which was completed in November 1945.”. He had his fortieth birthday, 4th Sept 1945 still a prisoner. Empire Clyde. Selected Troopships of WWII - Scroll down to see total list. Operation Magic Carpet was the repatriation by sea of US personnel (POW and demobilised troops) back home. Dad had been in Changi. 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. We were under heavy bombardment when we left and supposedly, from what I hear, we were the last ship that made it out of Singapore before it fell. James Henderson arrived on the Monowai on the 10th October. Once they had cleared a path, the first convoy came alongside Keppel wharves on Wednesday 5th September 1945 … I wonder whether there are any local, London resources available, which might give me further information regarding his situation? If your total parcel is valued over 400 SGD, you will likely be subject to a 7% Singapore … As outlaying camps were discovered and relieved, the prisoners were sent to larger areas, such as Singapore and Manila. Built in 1921 with a gross tonnage of 16,280 and named Cameronia. 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. If you have not been lucky enough to have been recovered and died any form of unpleasant death at the hands of the Japanese you would not have wished your family and friends to have been harrowed by lurid details of that death in the sensational press. If you have any details of the USS Oconyo I would be very much obliged. Singapore's Duty & Tax Import Laws. APOLOGIES IF YOUR COMMENTS HAVE DISAPPEARED: Troops will join Maunganui, 321 most serious cases (6 died enroute). JINSEN sept 42 to july 43 It is more than likely that, since he mentioned Hawaii and Canada, he was on a ship from Japan to Hawaii to Canada. (This is a mandatory criterion. But I can only find HMAS Canberra which apparently sunk in Aug 1942 at Solomon Islands, P&O Cruise Ship Canberra which did become a troopship during the Faulklands War but wasn’t launched until 1961 and USS Canberra which was in Boston undergoing repairs between Feb-Oct 1945. My dad William Davie 14 Section RAOC came home on the Chitral to Southampton on the 28/10/1945. 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. 423 most seriously ill, mainly from Changi. Hi, there were eventually 7 main camps in Japan, Fukuoko #1 being one of them. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! 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. Hi Jill. 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. He was taken to Australia in a RAF bomber and eventually, with a lot of other fepow’s boarded a ship for Esquimalt, Canada. The town Mayor and various dignatories were at the railway station to greet him. An old postcard of her. john wisdom. 382 British for Akl, 54 Australian for Sydney. The fall of Singapore was one of the greatest embarrassments the British ever had because they had 125,000 troops there and … Mum and Dad were married for 58 years and she passed away in 2003, four years before him. Well done. 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. She spent several periods as a troop transport from 1935. 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 … He landed in Portsmouth and got the train to Bridgwater where he lived. Can you give me any more info on the actual camp – any other name it was known by, etc? This morning, I’ve added a few USS ships that were known to be transporting between Japan and Pearl Harbour. Was there an older cruise ship named Canberra? POW/internees, Route: Sydney - Morotai - Kuching - Labuan - Morotai - Balikpapan, Morotai - Brisbane - Sydney, embarked 34,600 rescued POWs plus 3,300 sick in hospital ships. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. in the letter he says that he was originally taken off (presumably where he was a prisoner in the mines) by the USS SanJuan but does not say where the transfer to the USS Oconyo took place. Im also trying to follow my fathers repatriation after being liberated by the US military. 354 British and Australian. Thankfully their descendants are not like them these days. 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. Acadia 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. Nov.1960 was bought by the China Navigation Co and renamed KUALA LUMPUR. hi Nid oes dim yn ddall fel rhai nad ydynt yn dymuno gweld, is this the "Nelson" referred to? Therefore the arrival dates may be wrong by a few days for some entries, as ships were occasionally held up by: weather, wharf strikes, passenger walk-offs, destination changes, waiting at Suez Canal, etc. I have not initially included the prefix for ships, as most of them are well known troopships or hospital ships and newspaper reports of the day did not always use a prefix. Thank you for alerting me to USS Oconto. W.W. – and Dad made a success of the business, retiring in 1984 to live at Burnham-on-Sea. 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. Singapore's de minimis value is 400 SGD. Arrival filmed by British Pathe, Hospital ship, stationed at Hong Kong 1 Sep 45 and Philippines 7 Sep 45. 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. However, many of this group were repatriated by US Navy, including, it seems, your father. I know he was in Canada , but also mentioned Hawaii and other ports of call before reaching England, has anyone any more information on the journey he may have taken? If anyone has an interest in the CoFEPOW organisation from West Sussex / South London, please get in touch. Westland Lysander aircraft were also used for moving POWs from far flung areas. Landed 35 Canadians in Manila, abt 25 RAF in groups of 4-14 men over the week, 1000 PoW and 200 internees (left Colombo abt 19 Sep), 1000+ liberated Allied prisoners. I have had a web site crash early 2018 and my backup was six months old. Your story if published in the more lurid and sensational press will cause much unnecessary unhappiness to relatives and friends. Some great work! I didn’t even realise that on the Monowai in September 1945 they conducted a theatre program – my dad painted the fliers for this see https://changipowart.com/archives/4754 Once in Egypt, he tried to abscond so that the ship would leave without him and the NZ Army would be forced to make use of him in Egypt. 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. They were all glad to be back on home soil and to carry on and not look back. Countries sometimes have a "de minimis value", where if you ship a parcel that falls under that value, you don't have to pay taxes on those purchases. Nearly half of these were in Japan itself. 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.) It was thought that some of the more seriously ill might not make the lengthy journey through the tropics to the United Kingdom. Arr Marshal Is. You have provided vital information never seen before…..at least by my eyes. As he states that he was bound for Manila I am assuming that he was transferred to the HMS Implacable which you show left Manila 3 Oct 1945. Columns can be sorted to put the ships in alphabetical order. We can only imagine the stress these parents must have lived under. He left Moji Japan on an unknown hospital ship…. That being said, many PoW had trouble finding work, because jobs were scarce and PoWs were underrated. 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. He stayed on in the Army and rose to the rank of Major, he went back to Singapore in the 1960s and served three years with the Malaysian Army. There were a lot that were left bewildered being told to not say this and that; finding their relatives if they had arranged to meet them – or miss them – as my Dad did, as there was no organisation once they got to their London destinations. The ships, now known as DM-1, departed the Addu Atoll on January 5 and arrived in Singapore on the 13th. 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. JavaScript is disabled. These first embarkations of relieved FEPOW began to arrive in Colombo from about 14 Sep. “You are news now and anything you say in public or to press reporters is liable to be published in the press of the whole world. Any thoughts on ship or how he got there. I am the Area Co-ordinator for the county and my Dad[s roots were South London. 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. My Aunt worked in the war office and was able to let my Mother know he was on his way home. From what I’ve read in the newspapers, this can not be quite true. PoW’s on some British repatriation ships, eg: HMNZS Monowai, were warned by the O.C. Going to Java in March and trying to find out more info. Presumably back to Britain. Keith Bettany. In Singapore the first British Navy cruisers to arrive in the Harbour were the Sussex and Cleopatra along with their minesweepers and destroyers. Singapore is scrambling to recover nine armored troop carriers that have been impounded in Hong Kong for a week after they were used in a military training exercise in Taiwan. Eventually through another researcher (now a dear friend) a 1950s magazine clipping was found commenting on a named Argyll in a NZ Hospital….and a picture of him with a highland looking cattle. Then I can work on ships. For questions or comments about this site, please e-mail ww2_troopships@comcast.net. I was 19 years old. An unidentified destroyer is at lower right (© IWM (HU 2762)). See end for disclaimers and addendum’s. Cheers, You know, many people are looking around for this information online, you could help them greatly. I think my Dad was on the earlier boats, but he recounts that he came to London by train then he took the bus home from Balham, after jumping in a taxi that was going there. He spent the rest of WW2 in the home guard as area commander. 5864 returned personnel, POW & internees. 485 British civilians (incl 45 Australian POW), Processed 10,000 of the sickest POW. 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 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. KOBE july 43 to may 45 Company K of the 28th Infantry Regiment was the first AEF infantry unit to set foot in France. Renamed Empire Clyde in 1953. Thank you I note that Hms Glory left Manila about 2nd Oct for Vancouver due 26 th Oct. Commonwealth, 94 sick, majority of evacuees from Formosa were recovered by US Forces, 459 British P.O.W., including many from HMS Exeter. In Britain, mercy ships came in to Liverpool or Southampton, with just a few naval vessels docking at Portsmouth. 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. As such he got to stay in one of the smartest rooms – something he would never have experienced in peacetime. My paternal grandfather was OIC Troops on the Queen Mary (troopship) for an early trip from NZ to Egypt. It is often reported that the general public were disinterested in the PoWs on their return. Good luck with your search. I only know that he said in around 1963 ‘when I was at New Zealand there was nothing much there’. If you do a google search with HMS Nelson Convoy Escorts you will find alot of interesting material, Steve (sfm) suggest you ask same question on the MN website, Dim ateb yn well nag ateb anghywir. The list is focused solely on British Commonwealth repatriation of PoW and Internees. My father was in japan 1945 last camp Fukuako 2k. Southampton - Capetown - Australia sailings were started in 1853 and the opening of Suez Canal in 1869 shortened the journey times considerably. Janice. MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on March 28, 2013 by Mike Finding March 25, 2013 thanks E Ross. My Dad was in the Philippines and was neither wounded nor captured, but this gives me a window into the world he experienced and would never talk about. With many thanks, Penny Fyall. He said that he travelled across the Rockies by train and that they had a ticker-tape welcome in New York. The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. You also mentioned USS San Juan (CL-54) a light cruiser, which also arrived in Tokyo Harbour on 29 Aug 1945. As such, the East Indies, including Singapore, was a major target for them. liberated prisoners were triaged on Rescue in harbor before transfer to other ships. In addition by war’s end there were a further 81 branch camps and 3 detached camps. 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. Despite the fortress’s naval capacity, it was seriously lacking in ships. The most easily accessed camps, in places like Singapore were evacuated first. It was to take six weeks to Singapore. Use the next button to move down the list. On the fifteenth he wrote General Wavell, Commander-in-Chief of ABDACOM (American-British-Dutch-Australian Command), about Singapore. On June 26th the landing began with Army stevedores going ashore to prepare for unloading. British Pathé. It’s all so terribly sad. But the military police rounded him up and he was sent back to NZ. Click here to view a site map. Hi Ally, I have tried to find my Fathers route home for a long time without success. 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. 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. I’m just after as much information and clarity about this as I can get. 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. 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 USS Oconto was one of several ships that took part in this. The year was 1961. 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. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. I know of another father who died in his returning son’s arms when he went to meet him on arrival in the UK. 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. An estimated 10 million Chinese were killed by the Japanese invading forces, including entire villages. Repatriated naval officers occasionally hitched a ride on naval vessels. He told me a line of German POW’s carried their kit bags off the ship for them. USS Oconto was part of the first convoy to arrive in Tokyo Bay Click link to read more about Operation Magic Carpet The US hospital ships Rescue and Benevolence initially stayed in harbour triaging POW. 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. Send those convoys with empty troopships and it seems doable. The speaker made many trips from Japan to Manila (see separate entry), Manoora made 24 trips between Sep'45 and Dec'47, 1742 soldiers, 1 airman, 1 civilian via Colombo, POW: 853 soldiers, 3 sailors, 2 airmen, 51 civilians, via Colombo, 1700 POW incl 600 male civilians, 5 women, 2 children, 139 patients incl 56 Australian. I have not included these unless they had at least one known PoW or civilian internee on board. Can you view https://changipowart.com/archives/4754 and advise if this is OK or otherwise via family website http://www.changipowart.com A few months later, merchant shipping again provided yeoman service by evacuating the same troops from the ports of Hungnam and Wonsan, following the intervention of the People's Republic of China into the conflict. Troop Ship (1914-1918) Two shots of hundreds of soldiers on a troop ship. In the summer of 1915 both the ships were involved in the Gallipoli campaign. Many were located adjacent to potential RAF targets. 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