Many thanks 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. An old postcard of her. 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". 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. hi In other instances, I found reports of expected arrivals but not the actual arrival. 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). JINSEN sept 42 to july 43 Medical staff in some hospitals encouraged the PoWs to talk about their experiences, as they thought it would aid in recovery. 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. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! 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. If anyone has an interest in the CoFEPOW organisation from West Sussex / South London, please get in touch. I know of another father who died in his returning son’s arms when he went to meet him on arrival in the UK. Dad had been in Changi. Anchor Line. 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. 423 most seriously ill, mainly from Changi. 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. 23/6/46, Carried wounded POW to San Fransisco 12/12/45. 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. 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. In the summer of 1915 both the ships were involved in the Gallipoli campaign. As an Infantry Landing Ship she carried 1 Surreys from Greenock to North Africa for the 1 st Army landings in November 1942. I was 19 years old. The list is especially incomplete in terms of flights. On June 26th the landing began with Army stevedores going ashore to prepare for unloading. Thank you I note that Hms Glory left Manila about 2nd Oct for Vancouver due 26 th Oct. Alaunia: In 1914 the Alaunia and the Andania, were used as troop ships carrying Canadian troops across the Atlantic. I’ve included a few flights in the list to give an idea, but there were many more. Dad, Desmond Bettany, was on the Monowai but as a POW painted to keep sane. An estimated 10 million Chinese were killed by the Japanese invading forces, including entire villages. Its naval personnel transported prisoners to the bay and onto hospital ships. Some people didn’t get all the attention on their arrival and it was all a bit flat for them. 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. They were all glad to be back on home soil and to carry on and not look back. Im also trying to follow my fathers repatriation after being liberated by the US military. In general, Australians were sent to hospitals in Moratai and Labuan. embarked a further 3,300 military personnel for other destinations. “How many troops would be ne… 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. 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. In Singapore the first British Navy cruisers to arrive in the Harbour were the Sussex and Cleopatra along with their minesweepers and destroyers. If you have any details of the USS Oconyo I would be very much obliged. “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. World War II Troop Ships is a "Fang, Ramses & Rupert " production. Some kept PoWs separate from civilians and most kept women and children separate from men and teenage boys. It was decided very early on, that the ex-prisoners were in no condition for long flights to the United Kingdom. You also mentioned USS San Juan (CL-54) a light cruiser, which also arrived in Tokyo Harbour on 29 Aug 1945. Nov.1960 was bought by the China Navigation Co and renamed KUALA LUMPUR. (This is a mandatory criterion. Janice. 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. After a little while in Edinburgh, we were put on a train to Southampton, and then onto a troop ship called T. T. Navasa. I have a letter from him 23 oct 1945 says just left Hawaii for ESQUIMATEL CANNADA due Friday 26th.. For questions or comments about this site, please e-mail ww2_troopships@comcast.net. Some were horrific hellholes and others were merely ordinary houses with severe curfews. I only know that he said in around 1963 ‘when I was at New Zealand there was nothing much there’. He had other named (I think) ex prisoners with him. Westland Lysander aircraft were also used for moving POWs from far flung areas. Arrival filmed by British Pathe, Hospital ship, stationed at Hong Kong 1 Sep 45 and Philippines 7 Sep 45. Commonwealth, 94 sick, majority of evacuees from Formosa were recovered by US Forces, 459 British P.O.W., including many from HMS Exeter. 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. 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. Hi Ally, I’ve added a bit to dad’s site of his artwork from your site. Hi thank you for this record. I estimate that it comprises only a half of the ships used to repatriate Commonwealth FEPOW. Note that personal dairies often contain wrong dates, but nevertheless are an important source of information, and I welcome being told about additional ships/planes that I’ve not mentioned. 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 The troops need only be shipped to Burma or Calcutta, ideally the latter so to avoid being cut off when Rangoon falls. Whereas the British operation was largely finished by the end of November with the stragglers coming in by Feb/Mar/Apr 1946. 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. It is available on Amazon in both paperback and kindle. Learn how your comment data is processed. 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 Acadia 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. 354 British and Australian. My Mother took my Brother down to meet the ship and they were photographed by a reporter, the picture appeared in one of the national newspapers but I have not been able to find a copy of it. 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…. 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. James Henderson arrived on the Monowai on the 10th October. MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on March 28, 2013 by Mike Finding March 25, 2013 It’s all so terribly sad. Renamed Empire Clyde in 1953.  Catalinas, Dakotas and Liberator aircraft are known to have been used, especially for flights to Australia and India. He would then have been taken by rail across the continent where he would have embarked another ship to the UK. Many were never reported to Japanese HQ and some had already closed before Japan surrendered. British were sent to hospitals in India or New Zealand. With many thanks, Penny Fyall. Troops will join Maunganui, 321 most serious cases (6 died enroute). POW/internees, Route: Sydney - Morotai - Kuching - Labuan - Morotai - Balikpapan, Morotai - Brisbane - Sydney, embarked 34,600 rescued POWs plus 3,300 sick in hospital ships. 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. In Australia, repatriation ships usually released ex-PoWs at Fremantle, Sydney or Brisbane and occasionally at other ports such as Darwin and Woolloomooloo. Arr Marshal Is. I can not as yet find anything on #2K and it doesn’t seem to quite relate to the naming structure. thanks E Ross. Hi Jill. Repatriated naval officers occasionally hitched a ride on naval vessels. 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. It is more than likely that, since he mentioned Hawaii and Canada, he was on a ship from Japan to Hawaii to Canada. Keith Bettany. He got home I think in late October 1946. As such, the East Indies, including Singapore, was a major target for them. He was held prisoner in tiouksu#2/6, Kinkaseki and Kukutsu camps. After initially serving as a POW in Thailand on the Death Railway he was sent to Japan to work in the mines. “Please let me know your idea of what would happen in event of your being forced to withdraw into the island,” requested Churchill. Southampton - Capetown - Australia sailings were started in 1853 and the opening of Suez Canal in 1869 shortened the journey times considerably. 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. Nearly half of these were in Japan itself. 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. I went to Kuching and visited the camp. My father was in japan 1945 last camp Fukuako 2k. The second ship, the City of Sydney, is shown being escorted by two harbor tugs. Photographic and film evidence depicts thousands waiving flags with bands playing and volunteers readily donating transport and billets. The ships, now known as DM-1, departed the Addu Atoll on January 5 and arrived in Singapore on the 13th. My paternal grandfather was OIC Troops on the Queen Mary (troopship) for an early trip from NZ to Egypt. The reason given was two-fold. My research has primarily been centred on British and Colonial civilian internees. An unidentified destroyer is at lower right (© IWM (HU 2762)). 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! 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. To access these you will need to pay the subscription of 8.95 for a month. 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. Later that year the Alaunia carried troops to Bombay. Can you view https://changipowart.com/archives/4754 and advise if this is OK or otherwise via family website http://www.changipowart.com This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. He left Moji Japan on an unknown hospital ship…. She and her sister ship, the Dilwara, represented a considerable advance on the older troopships. 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. Some were nothing more than a camp at the side of a river or were hidden deep in the jungle. Churchill’s attention did turn to Singapore when the Japanese were in a position to threaten the Malay Peninsula in January 1942. 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 … 485 British civilians (incl 45 Australian POW), Processed 10,000 of the sickest POW. Some great work! Singapore's Duty & Tax Import Laws. Can you give me any more info on the actual camp – any other name it was known by, etc? The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. Thank you for alerting me to USS Oconto. Hi Ally, PoW’s on some British repatriation ships, eg: HMNZS Monowai, were warned by the O.C. 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. Click here to view a site map. 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. 1942 World War II Troop Ship Crossings Crossings - July Through December If you have information about a crossing, please submit your information. I wonder whether there are any local, London resources available, which might give me further information regarding his situation? After the Jap surrender he returned via Vancouver & Halifax, he wrote a letter home while on the USS Oconyo bound for Manila. As outlaying camps were discovered and relieved, the prisoners were sent to larger areas, such as Singapore and Manila. I see from your list that the Monowai arrived on the 8th October, I have been looking at the wrong date. 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. “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. 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 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. Actually thousands of people came to meet the majority of repatriation ships that arrived in October and November 1945. Majority of POW on Korea were evacuated by US Forces. See end for disclaimers and addendum’s. The arrows indicate attacks by Japanese forces. Many were located adjacent to potential RAF targets. I am the Area Co-ordinator for the county and my Dad[s roots were South London. Operation Magic Carpet was the repatriation by sea of US personnel (POW and demobilised troops) back home. If your total parcel is valued over 400 SGD, you will likely be subject to a 7% Singapore … The year was 1961. liberated prisoners were triaged on Rescue in harbor before transfer to other ships. 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. The first ship shown is the Australia with many troops on deck, some waving. I have not included these unless they had at least one known PoW or civilian internee on board. Once they had cleared a path, the first convoy came alongside Keppel wharves on Wednesday 5th September 1945 and repatriation began on 7th September. There are currently 100 entries in this table. FEPOW Repatriation Ships as they arrived October 1945 Embarked: Monowai 8 Singapore Tegelberg 9 Singapore Empire Pride 12 Rangoon Boissevain 12 Rangoon Mooltan 14 Singapore Nieuw Holland 15 Singapore Worcestershire 16 Rangoon Orduna 19 Rangoon Britannic 21 Singapore Sobieski 23 Singapore Georgic 25 Singapore Antenor 27 Singapore Empress of Australia 27 Hong Kong Cilicia … My father was captured in Singapore, and also survived the Thailand death railway, and copper mines of japan. And I thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the story further… Refitted, she was used as a pilgrim ship to Jeddah and was eventually scrapped at Taiwan in 1971. 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. Built in 1921 with a gross tonnage of 16,280 and named Cameronia. They were very small planes that could take off from short air strips. 1939, ending up out in Singapore and then as a POW on the railway. "According to our [U. S. National Archives] records, in 1951 the Department of the Army destroyed all passenger lists, manifests, logs of vessels, and troop movement files of United States Army Transports for World War II." Columns can be sorted to put the ships in alphabetical order. He told me a line of German POW’s carried their kit bags off the ship for them. Some Br. Devonshire also was used to carry troops to Juno Beach as part of the ‘D’ Day landings in June 1944. She spent several periods as a troop transport from 1935. In 1943 she took part in the Sicily campaign as Command Operations Ship and carried troops for the Salerno landings. The last POWs from Japanese territory. It is wretched to hear your grandfather passed away in ’43 before your father came home. 5864 returned personnel, POW & internees. 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. From http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-04CV-Glory.htm I’m just after as much information and clarity about this as I can get. 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. There are at least 4 records for your father at http://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/ including his POW record. My Aunt worked in the war office and was able to let my Mother know he was on his way home. Order of Silence: You are not to say anything to anyone until after you have written out your statement and handed it in. In Singapore the first British Navy cruisers to arrive in the Harbour were the Sussex and Cleopatra along with their minesweepers and destroyers. W.W. – and Dad made a success of the business, retiring in 1984 to live at Burnham-on-Sea. 382 British for Akl, 54 Australian for Sydney. Ship arrived in Yokahama on 9th Sep, first ship to leave Singapore, 400 men/women all stretcher cases. Had Churchill wanted to, could a Dunkirk evacuation be possible? JavaScript is disabled. Estimates put the number at about 130,000 (not including local Asian populations.). These first embarkations of relieved FEPOW began to arrive in Colombo from about 14 Sep. 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. 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. From what I’ve read in the newspapers, this can not be quite true. Usually list-compilers see theirs as the final answer. 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. 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. 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 … Paula. The list is focused solely on British Commonwealth repatriation of PoW and Internees. Then I can work on ships. Going to Java in March and trying to find out more info. He landed in Portsmouth and got the train to Bridgwater where he lived. 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. Was there an older cruise ship named Canberra? It was a bit of a joke, since he was the highest ranking army officer on board. Send those convoys with empty troopships and it seems doable. This was a Haskell class attack transport belonging to the American Navy for the purpose of troop transport. 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). 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? You know, many people are looking around for this information online, you could help them greatly. I’m sorry, but as my research has largely finished now that my book has been published, I am no longer subscribed. The town Mayor and various dignatories were at the railway station to greet him. Good luck with your search. Hi Ally, I have tried to find my Fathers route home for a long time without success. You have provided vital information never seen before…..at least by my eyes. It is felt certain that now you know the reason for this Order that you will take pains to spare the feelings of others. 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. No other ships are listed, including those which are only mentioned in the archives or shipping in 1971 sections.) 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. But the majority of repatriated citizens, especially civilian ones, were welcomed at the wharf. His camps were CHÀNGI 15/2/42 till 15/7/42 The fall of Singapore was one of the greatest embarrassments the British ever had because they had 125,000 troops there and … I will gladly add in any omissions and am also happy to make corrections, with proof. Come join the discussion about crew logs, maritime history, shipping lines, shipwrecks, cruise ships, weather, and more! " Your story if published in the more lurid and sensational press will cause much unnecessary unhappiness to relatives and friends. Once they had cleared a path, the first convoy came alongside Keppel wharves on Wednesday 5th September 1945 … 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. This is a lynch-pin that is growing each year as more people become aware of the horrors these poor men went through and had to endure for 3 and a half years – for some 4 years – at the hands of a manic regimental nation headed by an untouchable Emperor. It is not known exactly how many Allied civilian internees were captured because records were either not kept or were destroyed. I have a few questions to ask: A forum community dedicated to Ships, boats, and vessel owners and enthusiasts. It was to take six weeks to Singapore. While this is dry reading, I found it fascinating. This was a risky operation considering the August 15th surrender was not formalised until September 2nd, and Allied forces only landed in Japan on August 28th. 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. Cheers and merry Christmas everyone, Ally McCormick. 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. Unfortunately Dad slept through the stop and woke up at Taunton. He was taken to Australia in a RAF bomber and eventually, with a lot of other fepow’s boarded a ship for Esquimalt, Canada. 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. 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. Cheers, However, many of this group were repatriated by US Navy, including, it seems, your father. Empire Clyde. If there was an official photograph taken of him, and there usually was I believe, then his army record should contain it. English Troop Disembark (1914-1918) Good shots of English / British soldiers disembarking from ship and... British Pathé. 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