‘ARAMIS’ PARTY or ‘TEIA’ MARU – To Japan

‘ARAMIS’ renamed  ‘Teia’ Maru by Japanese

On April 10th 1942 ‘ARAMIS’ was requisitioned by the Japanese in Saigon, taking possession of it by June 2nd and renaming it ‘Teia’ Maru.
Aramis
Aramis

 

‘ARAMIS’  was the last of three similar ships built for the Messageries Maritimes for their Far East service: Felix Roussel, George Philippar & Aramis. Launched on June 30th 1931 from Forge Ateliers Mediterranean, Seyne, its first sailing was on October 21st 1932 from Marseilles to China & Japan.
The ‘Aramis’ had been a troopship for the French in Indo-China.   Built in Bordeaux and registered at Marseilles in 1922 it was one of 3 military transport ships built to navigate the Riviere de Saigon – 500 feet long and a draught of 30 feet.

 

‘M.S. ARAMIS was completed as a passenger-cargo ship for Messageries-Maritimes in 1932. Her appearance was unusual in the fact that her funnels were square-shaped. In the 1930s, she saw passenger service on Messageries-Maritimes’ Marseilles-Far East route. From 1939 to 1942, she was used as an Allied armed merchant cruiser.
In April, 1942, the Japanese seized ARAMIS in Saigon and renamed her TEIA MARU. She was used as a diplomatic exchange and repatriation vessel. Later, she was used to transport Allied prisoners of war.
In August 1944, TEIA MARU was torpedoed and sunk by an American submarine off Luzon, Philippines.’

 

 

 

ARAMIS – Singapore to Moji, Japan June 1944

She sailed from Singapore June 5th 1944 and arrived at Moji on June 19th 1944 with over one thousand POWs including some transferred from the recently completed Burma – Thailand railway.
William Dwyer
WX20075 DWYER, William was a reinforcement to HQ Co No. 3 Platoon.  He worked on Burma-Thai Railway with ‘D’ Force Thailand V Battalion.  He would have been selected fit by the Japanese at Non Pladuk to work in Japan.   He tragically died of Acute Colitis at Omuta Camp on 5 May 1945 aged 38 years.  His ashes were taken to Labuan.
The total POW party was for ‘Aramis’ was brought by train from Non Pladuk Camp, Thailand (from where they had been selected)  to Singapore and accommodated at River Valley Road Transit Camp.    The 19 men were from Major Cough’s ‘D’ Force V Battalion and  ‘D’ Force T Battalion such as Dooley Party.

We know 16 men from 2/4th who sailed Aramis were sent to work at Omuta (Joe Swartz was moved to No. 1 Fukuoka). They were joined by 11 men from 2/4th who sailed Awa Maru.  A further two 2/4th men were transferred from No. 13 to No. 17 Bob Beattie and Fred Ward. Magor was transf. to 

Others included in this Party were John Duggin WX10199 and Reg Miller WX13338

Right:  Reg Miller

Below:  Duggin

 

WX16324 Tanner, George Douglas (Doug) who had served with Headquarters Coy worked at Brankassi only with V Battalion and was at Non Pladuk when selected as were others from V Battalion.

Others sailing on Aramis included:
WX27595 DUNNELL, Norman Lenard  (Bob) was a reinforcement joining 13 Platoon under CO Lt Wankey.  Worked on Burma-Thai Railway with ‘D’ Force Thailand V Battalion.  Selected from Non Pladuk POW Camp.

 

WX7864 FLANAGAN, James Joseph worked on Railway with Capt Fred Harris Party with Starcevich. Was transferred from No. 17 Omuta to No 21. Nakama.

 

WX10931 HUMMERSTON, Larence Slade worked on Burma-Thai Railway with V Battalion.

 

WX175576 JEFFERY, William Laurence was a reinforcement with ‘E’ Coy. Then worked on Railway with V Battalion.

 

WX13338 MILLER, Reginald James was with Capt Fred Harris Party on the Burma-Thai Railway.

 

WX7446 KRASNOSTEIN Leslie was with HQ Coy No 3 Platoon.  Worked on railway with V Battalion. At Omuta he received prolonged punishment for a minor incident.  Please read his story and Affidavit

 

WX88120 LAWER, Reginald Frederick Reg worked on Railway with ‘D’ Force Thailand ‘T’ Battalion, W.O. II John Dooley Party.  Reg had a younger brother also in 2/4th – QX6599 Ivan William Lawer. Ivan remained in Thailand during the duration of war whilst Reg was selected to go to Japan. The brothers survived to return home.

 

WX16727 LONSDALE, Joseph Lewis (Lew)  worked on Railway with V Battalion.

 

WX8656 MAGOR, Reginald Gordon. Enlisted Oct 1940. Driver with HQ 3 Platoon.  Worked with v Battalion on Railway.  Also selected at Non Pladuk.

 

From River Valley Road Transit Camp, the party boarded ‘Aramis’ in Singapore on 2 June 1944.
They waited onboard, in appallingly cramped conditions at the roadstead several days for their armed escort before sailing to Japan.
The ‘Aramis’ had been a troopship for the French in Indo-China.   Built in Bordeaux and registered at Marseilles in 1922 it was one of 3 military transport ships built to navigate the Riviere de Saigon – 500 feet long and a draught of 30 feet.
It was sold in 1931 and given a name change to ‘Chenonceaux’. A 14,825-ton oil fuelled ship with 4 decks – it was noticed by POWs that its previous name was ‘Aramis’, either beneath later coats of paint or on brass plaques somewhere on board. The POWs were pleasantly surprised to find bunks below decks – it was obviously a Japanese troop carrier.
Three young recruits who joined 2/4th on board the ‘Aquitania’ with reinforcements and sailed to Singapore on 16 January 1942 – remained together fighting and surviving with ‘E’ Company SRB and ‘D’ Force V Battalion
WX173109 Tom Gough  and WX17604 (Percival) Michael Wilkins met up with WX9179 Hugh Wilkes who had enlisted 30 Oct 1940 and was transferred to ‘E’ Company SRB as Batman/Runner.
The three young men remained together and were sent to Omuta.  For unknown reasons, Wilkins was transferred to Fukuoka sub-Camp No. 12 Miyata.

 

L-R M.Wilkins, H.Wilkes & T.Gough

 

Arriving at Moji, Japan this group were sent to their camp at Fukuoka sub-Camp No. 17 Omuta.  Please read further about Omuta Camp, Japan.
The weather was then very pleasant as it was high summer.  But winter would come.
The POWs sent to Omuta worked down the mine from 14 June 1944 until the war ended after mid August 1945 – 14 months.  The men were given a crash course for 2-3 days to familiarise themselves with underground work – then down to the mines!
For the Australian POWs going down the mines to work was the most horrific, as it was for the Americans.  Regular numbers of  Americans deliberately had bones broken by somebody else, or endured injuries to avoid the mine work. Other means of achieving injuries included pouring battery acid from their miners head lamp onto a leg ulcer or cut and then there was self mutilation.
The mines were referred to as ‘Dante’s Inferno’.

 

On 5th November 1944 WX4924 Joe Swartz and WX20076 Bill Dwyer were sent to Fukuoka sub-Camp No. 1 which was the Western Army District Intendance Department. Both men had been selected to work on the Burma-Thai Railway with ‘D’ Force V Battalion, which had endured far too many deaths in Thailand.  Bill died of illness on 5 May 1945.  Joe remained here until 5 May 1945 when he was again moved to Moji No. 4 Camp where he worked on the wharves until the end of the war.
WX20076 Bill Dwyer succumbed to acute colitis on 5 May 1945.  He was 38 years old and had survived working on the Burma-Thai Railway with ‘D’ Force V Battalion which endured the highest death rate on the railway.  It simply does not seem fair that he was unable to return to Australia.
His body was cremated by the Japanese however instead of being enshrined in Japan Joe’s ashes were taken to Labuan War Cemetery – believed to have been carried by an Australian or other Allied serviceman – possibly Joe Swartz sailing from Japan to Australia at the end of the war.
After the war ended the 2/4th and 2/16th Australian General Hospitals had been set up at Labuan and some ships carrying ex-POWs called into Labuan on the way to Australian eastern ports.
WX20076 Bill Dwyer, age 38 years died of acute colitis at Fukuoka sub-Camp No. 1 on 5 May 1945. At the same time, Joe Swartz was moved to Moji No. 4 Camp, working on the wharves until the end of the war. 
Other 2/4th men to sail with ‘Aramis’ Maru included:
WX9318 LALLY, Kenneth (Ken) died Fukuoka sub-Camp No. 17 Omuta, Japan, he was working in Omuta Mine when he was crushed between two coal trucks in Mar 1945. He was 30 years old.

 

WX8758  STARCEVICH Joseph (Joe) from Grasspatch arrived Omuta Camp 19 June 1944. He had sailed on ‘Aramis’ to Japan. At Omuta the Australian POWs were sent to work in the Mitsui Mine.  On 5 January 1945 Joe’s leg was seriously injured in a rock fall   It is not known how long he was in the Camp Hospital and if and when he returned to work.
However, Joe had his leg amputated 50 years later in about 1995.

 

WX4924 SWARTZ, JOSEPH Driver with ‘C’ Coy HQ, worked with V Battalion on Railway.  Swartz &  was moved from Omuta No. 17 to Fukuoka sub-Camp No. 1. with Bill Dwyer who died of illness 5 May 1945. Joe was recovered from Moji Camp No. 4 where he was working on the wharves,  at the end of the war.

 

 

You can read the list of Australian POWs at Omuta No. 17  – there were 28 men from 2/4th MGB.

(MITSUI KOZAN MIIKE KOGYO-SHO)
FUKUOKA-ken, OMUTA-shi, SHINMINATO-machi

We thank and acknoweldge Mansell website

Mixed group arrived on 18 June 44 as follows: Australians #s 507-655; British #s 657-664 and Dutch 668-928.
Source: RG 407, Box 17


Name, Rank, Service, POW No, ASN, Date of arrival
Ablett, Norman Leslie,Army,Pvt,8572,WX7622,16 Jan 1945 Awa Maru
Adames, Alfred William,Army,Pvt,8973,NX10986,9 Sep 1944
Aiken, James Murray,Army,Pvt,8628,TX8135,16 Jan 1945
Alchin, Mervyn,Army,Pvt,8971,NX31444,9 Sep 1944
Alderson, Herbert John,Army,Dvr,7607,VX35604,18 Jun 1944
Allen, Neville,Army,Pvt,8626,NX25820,16 Jan 1945
Anderson, Donald Godfrey,Army,Pvt,7559,NX72338,18 Jun 1944
Anderson, William George Henry,Army,Pvt,8525,WX14634,16 Jan 1945 Awa Maru
Armstrong, Alfred,RAAF,Cpl,8909,6368,9 Sep 1944
Armstrong, Russel Graham,Army,LCpl,8925,TX3565,9 Sep 1944
Arnold, George Richard,Army,Pvt,8972,NX78003,9 Sep 1944
Atkinson, Leonard James Melbourne,Army,Pvt,8465,VX12859,16 Jan 1945
Badinier, Harry Jules,Army,Pvt,8462,NX49042,16 Jan 1945
Bailey, John Ernest,Army,Pvt,8961,TX2929,9 Sep 1944
Banks, Darcy Lyndsay,Army,Sgt,8901,TX2653,9 Sep 1944
Barnett, Elliott Norman,Army,Pvt,8604,VX54750,16 Jan 1945
Barnett, Victor George,Army,Pvt,8511,WX8429,16 Jan 1945 Awa Maru
Baxter, Allen John,Army,Pvt,8963,TX3557,9 Sep 1944
Bea, William Arthur,Navy,Signal,8452,23922,16 Jan 1945
Beattie, Alan Robert,Army,Pvt,8983,WX10791,9 Sep 1944 Rashin Maru previously No. 13 Saganoeki
Belford, William,RAAF,Sgt,8902,404493,9 Sep 1944
Bell, Albert Alexander,Army,Pvt,7536,VX37758,18 Jun 1944
Bell, Robert,Army,Pvt,8521,NX52052,16 Jan 1945
Benjamin, John Henry,Army,Pvt,8548,NX49576,16 Jan 1945
Benjamin, Vernon Alfred Henry,Army,Pvt,8480,NX36158,16 Jan 1945
Bennett, George William,Army,Pvt,7537,VX37470,18 Jun 1944
Beresford, Eric Stanley,Army,Pvt,8490,NX40461,16 Jan 1945
Best, John,Army,Pvt,8593,NX43735,16 Jan 1945
Blanton, Jack Mortimer,Army,LCpl,7522,NX68407,18 Jun 1944
Bloxham, Sejwyn James,Army,Pvt,8540,NX50649,16 Jan 1945
Boon, Jack Rider,Army,Cpl,8914,NX32675,9 Sep 1944
Borley, Sydney Herbert,Army,Pvt,7568,NX20633,18 Jun 1944
Boundy, Richard,Army,Pvt,8542,SX14942,16 Jan 1945
Bourke, Charles Norris,Army,Pvt,7638,VX68157,18 Jun 1944
Britnell, Frederick,Army,Pvt,7573,VX67437,18 Jun 1944
Broadbent, Lorre,Army,Cpl,7517,SX9636,18 Jun 1944
Brodie, Alexander William,Army,Pvt,7531,QX22061,18 Jun 1944
Brooker, Frederick Charles,Army,Cpl,8538,VX59928,16 Jan 1945
Broomhall, Allan James,Army,Pvt,8962,TX8419,9 Sep 1944
Brosnan, John,Army,Sgt,8483,NX32938,16 Jan 1945
Brown, Arthur Vincent,Army,Pvt,7590,NX68397,18 Jun 1944
Brown, Charlie,Army,Pvt,8460,VX22520,16 Jan 1945
Brown, Edric Lehworth,Army,Dvr,7591,NX73031,18 Jun 1944
Brown, Ronald,Army,Sgt,8535,NX36313,16 Jan 1945
Bryden, Richard Glencairn,Army,WO1,7509,QX17889,18 Jun 1944
Buchanan, Ernest Alexander,Army,Pvt,8512,W23457,16 Jan 1945
Bullivant, Perc George,Navy,ABS,8439,S2857,16 Jan 1945
Bulmer, Gregory William Henry,Army,Dvr,7619,NX45498,19 Jun 1944
Burnett, Charles Leonard,Army,Cpl,8919,TX3551,9 Sep 1944
Bush, Kenneth Thomas,Army,Pvt,7594,NX43925,19 Jun 1944
Bush, Walter David,Army,Dvr,7547,NX66484,19 Jun 1944
Byrne, Arthur James,Army,Sgt,7512,QX9464,19 Jun 1944
Cake, William Erniest,Army,Pvt,8610,WX12661,16 Jan 1945 Awa Maru
Cameron, William Stuart,Army,Pvt,8985,TX3427,9 Sep 1944
Campbell, Thomas William,Army,Pvt,7608,VX35306,19 Jun 1944
Carroll, Patrick John,Army,Pvt,8566,VX36780,16 Jan 1945
Carroll, Richard Cyril,Army,Pvt,8457,NX37052,16 Jan 1945
Cassidy, Ronald Charles,Army,Dvr,8938,TX3439,9 Sep 1944
Caughlin, George Anzac,Army,Pvt,7560,NX49742,19 Jun 1944
Chapple, Frederick Robert,Army,Pvt,8530,VX25876,16 Jan 1945
Charman, Keith Joseph,Army,Pvt,8495,NX23094,16 Jan 1945
Clarke, William,Army,Pvt,8596,NX49246,16 Jan 1945
Clay, Leo William,Army,Pvt,8539,QX21156,16 Jan 1945
Cole, John William,Army,Pvt,7561,NX26180,19 Jun 1944
Collins, John,Army,Pvt,8459,NX35528,16 Jan 1945
Connelly, Mervyn Joseph,Army,SSgt,8531,VX51131,16 Jan 1945
Connor, Roy James,Army,Pvt,8466,NX72502,16 Jan 1945
Cook, William Thomas,Army,Pvt,7546,NX44950,19 Jun 1944
Cordwell, Benjamin Shaw,Army,Pvt,8966,TX3776,9 Sep 1944
Coulter, Edward,Army,Spr,8471,NX53530,16 Jan 1945
Cox, Geoffrey Frederick,Army,Pvt,7564,VX44054,18 Jun 1944
Cramp, James Thomas,Army,LCpl,8567,VX45480,16 Jan 1945
Crimmins, Reginald Ernest,Army,Pvt,8464,NX29877,16 Jan 1945
Crooks, Leslie Alfred,Army,Cpl,8913,TX5336,9 Sep 1944
Crow, Roderick Bruce,Army,Pvt,8665,TX2827,9 Sep 1944
Cruvey, Percival Henry,Army,Cpl,8918,NX38685,9 Sep 1944
Cunnington, Thomas James,Army,Pvt,7654,WX17588,18 Jun 1944 [2/1st Heavy Btry]
Curby, Douglas Frank,Army,L/Bmdr,7523,NX36106,19 Jun 1944
Daniels, Nevill Charles Walter,Army,Gnr,8947,NX36855,9 Sep 1944
Dann, Lawrence Richard,Army,Pvt,8594,VX50507,16 Jan 1945
Davidson, Harley John,Army,Gnr,8977,NX36865,9 Sep 1944
Dawson, Albert Walker,Army,Pvt,8607,VX21110,16 Jan 1945
Dawson, Leslie John,Army,Pvt,7595,SX14142,19 Jun 1944
Dawson, Neil Trevor,Army,Pvt,8967,TX3395,9 Sep 1944
Dayble, Robert George,Army,Pvt,7544,VX62034,19 Jun 1944
Dean, William George,RAAF,L/Ac,8926,34141,9 Sep 1944
Deogh, Reginald Burton,Army,Pvt,8981,TX3907,9 Sep 1944
Derkenne, Edward Gerard,Army,SSgt,7511,NX45942,19 Jun 1944
Dewey, Geoffrey,RAAF,Sgt,8898,403755,9 Sep 1944
Dews, Ira Lake,Army,Spr,8575,NX37332,16 Jan 1945
Dinon, Joseph,Army,Pvt,8976,TX8275,9 Sep 1944
Dixon, Garnet Frank,Army,Pvt,7615,VX26074,19 Jun 1944
Doderico, Bert died in mining accident per Hogg,Army,Dvr,7648,VX55721,19 Jun 1944
Dodsworth, William Robert,Army,Sgt,7513,SX8188,19 Jun 1944
Dolan, Vivien Alfred,Army,WO,8974,TX8238,9 Sep 1944
Draper, Douglas,RAAF,Pvt,8893,2996,9 Sep 1944
Duggin, John Alan,Army,Pvt,7622,WX10199,19 Jun 1944
Dumbrell, Douglas Wilmot,Army,Pvt,8520,NX27113,16 Jan 1945
Duncan, Ian Lovell,Army,Capt,7508,NX35135,18 Jun 1944
Dunnell, Norman Leonard,Army,Pvt,7655,WX17595,18 Jun 1944
Dunphy, Rick William,Army,Pvt,8489,NX40917,16 Jan 1945
Eames, William Arthur,Army,Pvt,7563,QX21644,18 Jun 1944
English, Darnly Philip,Army,Pvt,8570,NX53465,16 Jan 1945
Evans, William Charles,Army,Dvr,7484,TX4780,18 Jun 1944
Everett, Charles William,Army,Pvt,8545,VX50546,16 Jan 1945
Falk, Harry,Army,Gnr,8940,NX54115,9 Sep 1944
Farrell, John Herbert,Army,Dvr,7600,VX50858,18 Jun 1944
Farrell, Leonard Howard,Army,Pvt,7610,SX10944,18 Jun 1944
Feening, Eric John,Army,Pvt,7575,NX73312,18 Jun 1944
Ferguson, Thomas Donald,Army,Pvt,7576,WX12201,18 Jun 1944
Ferris, John Joseph Seaton,Army,Cpl,8916,NX52496,9 Sep 1944
Filkins, Colin Joseph,Army,Pvt,8621,NX27250,16 Jan 1945
Finn, Jack,Army,Cpl,8920,NX55202,9 Sep 1944
Finn, Maurice,Army,Pvt,8550,VX55955,16 Jan 1945
Fisher, Robert Hemingway,Army,Pvt,8463,QX12898,16 Jan 1945
Flaherty, James Douglas,Army,Sgt,8582,NX38745,16 Jan 1945
Flanagan, James Joseph,Army,Pvt,7602,WX7864,18 Jun 1944 (trans. to No. 21 Nakama) Please read further
Flannery, Jack,Army,Dvr,7554,VX39982,18 Jun 1944
Forbes, Frederick,Army,Pvt,8617,NX55194,16 Jan 1945
French, John Bernard Russell,Army,Sgt,8908,NX30660,9 Sep 1944
Fuller, Ronald Charles,Army,Dvr,7579,NX37606,18 June 1944
Gallagher, John Ronald,Army,Pvt,8494,NX25370,16 Jan 1945
Gange, Albert William,Army,Gnr,7534,VX37723,18 June 1944
Gardiner, Harry Stewart,Army,Cpl,8487,NX34480,16 Jan 1945
Gathercole, Maurice Vincent,Army,Pvt,8602,VX56140,16 Jan 1945
Geach, James Henry,Army,Dvr,7611,NX1207,18 June 1944
Geier, Clifford Cecil,Army,Pvt,7571,SX14395,18 June 1944
Geraghty, Oscar James,Army,Pvt,8446,NX27448,16 Jan 1945
Gibbs, Albert Edward,Army,Pvt,8955,QX16298,9 Sep 1944
Golledge, Edward Ernest,Army,Dvr,7639,VX53208,18 June 1944
Goodfellow, Sidney Richard,Army,Dvr,7631,SX9021,18 Jun 1944
Goodfellow, William Edward,Army,Dvr,7630,SX9022,18 Jun 1944
Gough, Norman Frederick Thomas,Army,Pvt,7598,WX17310,18 Jun 1944
Gowers, Robert John,Army,Cpl,8587,NX52740,16 Jan 1945
Grant, Norman Herbert,Army,Sgt,8585,WX8228,16 Jan 1945 Awa Maru
Gray, Edward Leslie,Army,Dvr,7629,SX10348,18 Jun 1944
Grey, Stephen,Army,L/Cpl,8927,TX3904,9 Sep 1944
Grogan, Thomas Francis,Army,Dvr,8950,NX6931,9 Sep 1944
Guthrie, Keith Clifford,RAAF,Sgt,8435,400254,16 Jan 1945
Gutterson, James William,Army,Pvt,8952,VX37521,9 Sep 1944
Hagan, William Martyn,Army,Pvt,8528,NX26222,16 Jan 1945
Haley, William Francis,Army,Pvt,8614,NX26247,16 Jan 1945
Hambley, Albert James,Army,Pvt,8455,WX10745,16 Jan 1945 Awa Maru
Hannah, Jogn Richmond,Army,Pvt,8507,VX43747,16 Jan 1945
Harcourt, William Edward,Army,Dvr,7606,VX19791,18 Jun 1944
Hardcastle, Selwyn James,Army,Gnr,7555,NX50068,18 Jun 1944
Hardey, Edward Charles,Army,Pvt,8517,WX12157,16 Jan 1945 Awa Maru
Harris, Maxwell Reeve,Army,Pvt,7541,TX6129,18 Jun 1944
Harrison, Harry Charles,Army,Pvt,7529,VX61792,18 Jun 1944
Harrison, Herbert Norman Edward,Army,Dvr,7581,NX25030,18 Jun 1944
Harte, John Michael,Army,Pvt,8933,QX8298,9 Sep 1944
Harvey, Charles Fredrick,Army,Pvt,8622,NX49074,16 Jan 1945
Hay, Reginald George,Army,WO2,8895,TX3713,9 Sep 1944
Hayles, Thomas William,Army,Pvt,8608,VX57297,16 Jan 1945
Haywood, William Thomas,Army,Pvt,8618,WX9175,16 Jan 1945 Awa Maru
Head, Edward Richard,RAAF,Sgt,8432,3333,16 Jan 1945
Hensby, Neil Auhustus,Army,Sgt,8907,TX3809,9 Sep 1944
Herd, Allan Charles,Army,L/Cpl,8444,NX25438,16 Jan 1945
Hitchen, Joseph Ronald,Army,Dvr,7634,VX30420,18 Jun 1944
Hogg, Roy,Army,Gnr,7642,QX17695,18 Jun 1944
Holdsworth, Keith William,Army,Pvt,8616,VX38269,16 Jan 1945
Holman, John Nicholas,Army,Pvt,8541,NX54087,16 Jan 1945
Holman, Robert Francis,Army,Pvt,8440,NX44861,16 Jan 1945
Holmes, Edward Arthur,Army,Pvt,7557,NX55524,18 Jun 1944
Holtzman, Leslie Norman,Army,Cpl,8486,WX7618,16 Jan 1945 Awa Maru
Honer, Oliver James,Army,Pvt,8599,NX44854,16 Jan 1945
Honner, Neville Alexander,Army,Pvt,8564,NX44853,16 Jan 1945
Hopwood, Cecil,Army,L/Cpl,8488,NX15796,16 Jan 1945
Horton, Norman,Army,Pvt,7605,NX73002,18 Jun 1944
Howard, Joseph Walter,Army,Cpl,8590,NX25166,16 Jan 1945
Howeett, Donald Alfred,Army,Pvt,8980,TX2684,9 Sep 1944
Howell, Reginald Verdun,Army,Lt,7507,SX11488,18 Jun 1944
Hubbard, Ronald Oliver,RAAF,Sgt,8586,4544,16 Jan 1945
Hughes, Melvourne James,Army,Pvt,8560,QX22552,16 Jan 1945
Hummerston, Slade Lawrence,Army,Pvt,7614,WX10931,18 Jun 1944
Hunt, Henry Barratt,Army,Pvt,8601,VX44453,16 Jan 1945
Inkster, James William,Army,Dvr,7644,VX43675,18 Jun 1944
Ionn, Sidney Harry,Army,Gnr,8934,NX34543,9 Sep 1944
Irvine, Reginald,Army,Dvr,7585,WX4434,18 Jun 1944
Jacobs, Alfred Gordon,Army,Pvt,8988,TX5106,9 Sep 1944
James, Thomas Robert,RAAF,Sgt,8584,14745,16 Jan 1945
Jeffery, William Lawrence,Army,Pvt,7632,WX17576,18 Jun 1944
Jellett, Joe Scarth,Army,Pvt,8469,VX21145,16 Jan 1945
Jenkins, Frederick John,Army,Pvt,7532,QX21404,18 Jun 1944
Jewell, John Reginald,Army,Dvr,7543,NX69268,18 Jun 1944
Jillett, Arthur Bruce,Army,Pvt,8620,QX17166,16 Jan 1945
Johnson, Artjir Colin,Army,Pvt,8559,SX14478,16 Jan 1945
Johnson, Dennis Patrick,Army,Dvr,7604,NX57898,18 Jun 1944
Johnson, Thomas Joseph,Army,Sgt,8532,VX27024,16 Jan 1945
Jolly, Arthur,Army,Pvt,8623,NX45090,16 Jan 1945
Jonas, Lawrence Burrall,Army,SSgt,7510,VX62326,18 Jun 1944
Jones, Frederick William,Army,Pvt,8612,NX1702,16 Jan 1945
Joseph, Reginald Alexander,Army,Pvt,8609,VX67431,16 Jan 1945
Junck, Bernard,Army,Pvt,8554,VX21273,16 Jan 1945
Kearn, Frederick John,Army,LCpl,8923,TX3995,9 Sep 1944
Karnaghan, Keith Hill,Army,Spr,8592,NX33448,16 Jan 1945
Kearl, Laurence George,Army,Dvr,7_92,NX54690,18 Jun 1944
Keating, Thomas,Army,Pvt,8515,VX51525,16 Jan 1945
Keefe, William Athol,Army,Pvt,8965,TX3002,9 Sep 1944
Kelly, John Phillip,Army,Pvt,8497,NX50873,16 Jan 1945
Kendall, Keith James,Army,Cpl,7515,VX63397,18 Jun 1944
Kershaw, Thomas,Army,Pvt,8552,NX654960,16 Jan 1945
Kestles, Thomas,Army,Pvt,7646,VX61346,18 Jun 1944
King, George Hector,Army,Pvt,8573,VX60812,16 Jan 1945
Kingston, Kemerley Birch,Army,Sgt,8484,400386,16 Jan 1945
Kingston, Robert Lyell,Army,Pvt,8987,TX3522,9 Sep 1944
Knight, Edward Alexander,Army,Pvt,8563,WX7496,16 Jan 1945
Knight, Freer Tasman,Army,Gnr,8978,TX4881,9 Sep 1944
Knott, Claude,Army,Pvt,8598,WX7616,16 Jan 1945 Awa Maru
Krasnustein, Leslie,Army,Pvt,7535,WX7446,18 Jun 1944
Lamb, Rowland John,Army,Pvt,8627,VX61068,16 Jan 1945
Lambert, Douglas Moyle,Army,Pvt,8529,TX4259,16 Jan 1945
Law, George Joseph Harold,Army,Pvt,8956,TX4553,9 Sep 1944
Lawer, Reginald Frederick,Army,Pvt,7599,WX8810,18 Jun 1944
Lawson, George,Army,Pvt,8946,TX3825,9 Sep 1944
Lawson, William Norman,Army,LCpl,7524,SX8760,18 Jun 1944
Lay, Frederick Walter,Army,Pvt,8555,VX59151,16 Jan 1945
Leadbetter, Eric Clarence,Army,Dvr,7621,QX16479,18 Jun 1944
Leahey, Frederick Trevor,Army,Pvt,7551,NX49855,18 Jun 1944
Lergessner, Walter John,Army,LSgt,8536,QX14534,16 Jan 1945
Lester, Bruce Harold,Army,Pvt,7588,NX1656,18 Jun 1944
Lewis, George,Army,Sgt,8553,VX32252,16 Jan 1945
Lindsay, William John,Army,Cpl,7519,QX13785,18 Jun 1944
Livingstone, David Stanley,Army,Pvt,7527,SX9007,18 Jun 1944
Lock, Kingsley Clyde,Army,LCpl,7526,SX9008,18 Jun 1944
Lock, William Charles,Army,Pvt,8470,VX19316,16 Jan 1945
Lonsdale, Joseph Lewis,Army,Pvt,7627,WX16727,18 Jun 1944
Love, Alan Iredale,Army,Sgt,8899,NX50742,9 Sep 1944
Low, Robert James,Army,Pvt,8611,NX48938,16 Jan 1945
Lowe, William Robert Keith,Army,Sgt,8999,TX8375,9 Sep 1944
Lucas, Harry,Army,Pvt,8509,WX13752,16 Jan 1945 Awa Maru 
Lynch, Patrick Francis,Army,Dvr,7645,VX43660,18 Jun 1944
Magor, Reginald Gordon,Army,Pvt,7582,WX8656,18 Jun 1944
Mallett, Reginald Hubert,Army,Dvr,7574,WX69364,18 Jun 1944
Mallise, John Alexander,Army,Pvt,8069,NX49840,9 Sep 1944
Mann, Percival James,RAAF,Sgt,8896,401043,9 Sep 1944
Mantach, William,Army,Cpl,8915,NX51534,9 Sep 1944
Marlin, Cyril Hilton,Army,Pvt,8522,NX55902,16 Jan 1945
Marshall, Eric Leslie,Army,Pvt,8450,NX28345,16 Jan 1945
Marshall, Mervyn George,Army,Gnr,7548,QX14823,16 Jun 1944
Marshall, Ronald Max,Army,Pvt,8496,NX40228,16 Jan 1945
Marshall, Stanley John,Army,Pvt,8979,TX5072,9 Sep 1944
Marston, Cyril Donald,Army,Pvt,8931,TX3360,9 Sep 1944
Martin, John Thomas,Army,Pvt,8491,NX21330,16 Jan 1945
Martin, Sid Harold Stanton,Army,Pvt,8456,NX66252,16 Jan 1945
Mather, Ronald George,Army,Spr,8447,NX4563,16 Jan 1945
Mawson, William Joseph,Army,Spr,8449,NX53842,16 Jan 1945
May, William Patrick,Army,Cpl,8557,QX10406,16 Jan 1945
Mayberry, John Alexander,Army,Pvt,8562,VX32008,16 Jan 1945
Mayger, Stanley Vernon,Army,Pvt,8951,VX25724,9 Sep 1944
Mc Arthur, Alan Herbert,Army,Pvt,8930,VX53197,9 Sep 1944
Mc Carthy, Lyle,Army,Pvt,8968,NX22412,9 Sep 1944
Mc Clelland, Donal William,Army,Pvt,8574,VX23631,16 Jan 1945
Mc Cosker, Gordon Joseph,Army,Gnr,7549,QX11185,18 Jun 1944
Mc Cotter, Joseph,Army,Pvt,7556,NX34574,18 Jun 1944
Mc Donald, John Oliver,Army,Cpl,8991,NX45531,9 Sep 1944
Mc Gee, Emmett,Army,Spr,8955,NX16219,16 Jan 1945
Mc Grath, George James,Army,Dvr,7524,WX12714,18 Jun 1944
Mc Kean, James Robert Charles,Army,Pvt,8510,QX23114,16 Jan 1945
Mc Lean, Donald David,Navy,Off Ste,8502,22957,16 Jan 1945
Mc Millan, Raymond Clement,RAAF,Sgt,8583,1290,16 Jan 1945
Mc Velca, Edward Douglas,Army,Dvr,7612,VX37122,18 Jun 1944
Mc William, Gordon James,Army,Pvt,7623,SX14587,18 Jun 1944
Meers, Jack,Army,Pvt,8603,VX55152,16 Jan 1945
Michell, Euguane Thomas,Army,Pvt,8958,VX41151,9 Sep 1944
Miller, John George,Army,Gnr,7570,QX7839,16 Jun 1944
Miller, Reginald Jame,Army,Pvt,7542,WX13338,16 Jun 1944
Monagham, Milton Chalres,Army,Pvt,8943,QX21820,9 Sep 1944
Moore, Arthur,Army,Spr,8499,NX24592,16 Jan 1945
Moore, Cyril Phillip Clarence,Army,Pvt,8518,SX8173,16 Jan 1945
Morgan, Gordon Roy,Army,Pvt,8957,TX5347,9 Sep 1944
Morgan, Henry Bidmead,Army,Cpl,8437,SX9654,16 Jan 1945
Morris, Roy James,Army,Pvt,8546,NX43483,16 Jan 1945
Moylan, Neville,Army,Pvt,8613,NX5745,16 Jan 1945
Mueller, Raymond Henry,Army,Dvr,7625,VX29510,16 Jun 1944
Muirhead, Robert Edmund James,Navy,ABS,8453,12917,16 Jan 1945
Murchie, John Langford,Army,Pvt,7617,VX60772,16 Jun 1944
Murdoch, Kenneth Legorn,Army,Pvt,7569,NX43434,16 Jun 1944
Murphy, Alec Charles,Navy,ABS,8454,23286,16 Jan 1945
Murray, George Frederick,Army,Spr,8448,NX36795,16 Jan 1945
Murray, Robert Milne,Army,Pvt,8600,VX57962,16 Jan 1945
Nicholls, Alan Sydney,Army,Pvt,8551,VX61109,16 Jan 1945
Nicholls, James Hamilton,Army,LCpl,7525,SX9446,16 Jun 1944
Nicholls, Maurice James,Army,Pvt,8458,SX12398,16 Jan 1945
Nicholls, Mervyn Douglas,Army,Pvt,8964,TX2567,9 Sep 1944
Nighelsen, Roy Alban,Army,Spr,8472,NX25848,16 Jan 1945
Oakley, Vincent Vernon,Army,Cpl,8911,TX4142,9 Sep 1944
O’Loughlin, James,Army,Spr,8580,NX17321,16 Jan 1945
O’Neill, Reginald Clifford,Army,Pvt,8944,TX3641,9 Sep 1944
O’Regan, Patrick James,Army,Pvt,7589,NX44265,16 Jun 1944
O’Sullivan, Vivian Percival,Army,Gnr,7545,QX10956,16 Jun 1944
Parke, Charles Spencer,Army,Pvt,7601,NX7758,16 Jun 1944
Parke, Frederick Ernest,Navy,Stkr,8544,W1218,16 Jan 1945
Parker, Richard Grey Vernon,Army,Capt,8992,NX71143,9 Sep 1944 (file courtesy of Peter Winstanley)
Parkes, Fredrick,Army,Pvt,8630,NX36572,16 Jan 1945
Pearson, John William,Army,Pvt,7577,QX25934,16 Jun 1944
Pfeiffer, Vincent Rupert,Army,Cpl,8588,SX6147,16 Jan 1945
Pickstone, Colin Clarence,Army,Dvr,7593,QX17979,16 Jun 1944
Pooley, John Miller,Army,LBmdr,8928,QX19750,9 Sep 1944
Poor, Arthur Francis,Army,Pvt,8508,QX13996,16 Jan 1945, 2/10th Field Regt
Power, Colin Bert,RAAF,LAc,8924,16274,9 Sep 1944
Price, Claude,Army,Dvr,8571,QX13619,16 Jan 1945
Priddis, Harold John,Army,Pvt,8591,NX49550,16 Jan 1945
Pyke, Gordn,Army,Pvt,8939,TX2902,9 Sep 1944
Randall, George William,Army,Pvt,8948,TX4610,9 Sep 1944
Ratliff, Urban Ernest,Navy,PO,8433,19354,16 Jan 1945
Rea, Edward Arnold,Army,Pvt,8498,WX13090,16 Jan 1945
Regan, Frank Edward,Army,Pvt,8514,NX72907,16 Jan 1945
Remmington, Rex,Army,Pvt,7636,NX48868,18 Jun 1944
Rex, Robert,Army,WO1,8431,VX14264,16 Jan 1945
Rice, Robert Charles,Army,Pvt,8606,VX56450,16 Jan 1945
Rigby, Mervyn Edward,Army,Pvt,8975,TX4681,9 Sep 1944
Riky, Bert,Army,Pvt,8982,VX35561,9 Sep 1944
Roach, Ronald Louvain,Army,Pvt,8959,TX3931,9 Sep 1944
Robins, Noel Henry,Army,Sgt,8903,NX50959,9 Sep 1944
Robinson, Maurice Keith,Army,Dvr,7647,SX10988,18 Jun 1944
Robson, Robert Baxter,Army,Cpl,8921,NX38672,9 Sep 1944
Rodda, David Vernon,Army,Pvt,8526,VX63738,16 Jan 1945
Rogers, Murray Geoffrey,Army,Pvt,7540,VX63337,18 Jun 1944
Ross, Horace Gillerist,Army,Pvt,7538,VX20948,18 Jun 1944
Rossendell, Francis Clyde,Army,Pvt,8949,TX4198,9 Sep 1944
Roth, Noel Edward,Army,Pvt,7556,QX13080,18 Jun 1944
Rubenach, Guy James,Army,Pvt,8441,TX4699,16 Jan 1945
Runge, David Ernest,Army,Dvr,7550,NX65609,18 Jun 1944
Russell, Arthur,Army,Spr,8473,NX14608,16 Jan 1945
Russell, James Henry,Army,Dvr,7652,SX9113,18 Jun 1944
Russell, William Robert,Army,Pvt,8960,TX4126,9 Sep 1944
Rutter, Carl John,Army,Pvt,8549,SX11757,16 Jan 1945
Salt, Bert Turner,Army,Pvt,8451,SX11338,16 Jan 1945
Savage, Valinetine,Navy,Stkr,8503,21514,16 Jan 1945
Scanlon, Vincent,Army,Dvr,7587,VX48477,18 Jun 1944
Scott, Allan,Army,Pvt,8579,NX22955,16 Jan 1945
Scott, George Edmund,Army,LCpl,8443,NX19878,16 Jan 1945
Scott, Lewis Frank,Army,Spr,8501,DX561,16 Jan 1945
Scriven, Francis,Army,Pvt,8568,QX20959,16 Jan 1945
Senior, Frederick Francis,Army,Pvt,8492,TX5346,16 Jan 1945
Sforcina, Frederick Henry,Army,Pvt,7539,VX63082,18 Jun 1944
Shannon, Leonard Keith,Army,Pvt,8557,VX41225,16 Jan 1945
Shave, Claude Henry,RAAF,Ac1c,8984,61224,9 Sep 1944
Shearman, Wallace Harold,Army,Pvt,8519,NX46695,16 Jan 1945
Shelley, Jack Edward,Army,Dvr,7640,NX66800,18 Jun 1944
Shirley, Alexander George,Army,Sgt,8904,VX45753,9 Sep 1944
Skennerton, Richard Francis,Army,Pvt,8935,QX10918,9 Sep 1944
Slade, John Ward,Army,Pvt,8569,VX61376,16 Jan 1945
Smallwood, Roy Alexander,Army,Gnr,8475,NX36858,16 Jan 1945
Smiley, James Robert,Army,Pvt,8527,VX63258,16 Jan 1945
Smith, Andrew Alan,Army,Pvt,8624,NX54941,16 Jan 1945
Smith, Jack,Army,Pvt,8493,TX4103,16 Jan 1945
Smith, Leslie Alberto,Army,Pvt,7586,NX72809,18 Jun 1944
Smith, Noel Boyd,Army,Pvt,8937,QX22953,9 Sep 1944
Snell, Gordon Arthur,Army,Dvr,7649,SX10283,18 Jun 1944
Soper, William,Army,Dvr,8666,NX27895,16 Jan 1945
Sparks, Ronald David,Army,?,8504,23063,16 Jan 1945
Spiers, James Blakely,Army,Spr,8442,NX41161,16 Jan 1945
Starcevich, Joseph Frederich,Army,Pvt,7603,WX8758,18 Jun 1944
Stewart, Ronald Allyn,Army,Dvr,7633,NX34499,18 Jun 1944
Stokes, Bruce Goodwin,Army,LCpl,7521,NX55715,18 Jun 1944
Stone, Ernest Albert,Army,Cpl,8910,TX1741,19 Sep 1944
Strange, Bruce Langley,Navy,OS,8476,5804,16 Jan 1945
Sunderland, Norman Joseph,Army,Pvt,8605,QX18410,16 Jan 1945
Sutherland, Herbert Gorge Bertram,Army,Cpl,7518,SX9011,18 Jun 1944
Swan, Leonard Jack,Army,Pvt,8556,NX50836,16 Jan 1945
Tanner, Douglas George,Army,Pvt,7653,WX16324,18 Jun 1944
Taylor, Arthur Walter,Army,LCpl,8929,NX71981,19 Sep 1944
Taylor, John Liddie,Army,Cpl,8917,NX50246,19 Sep 1944
Thomas, Harvey Ian,Army,Pvt,8577,VX18869,16 Jan 1945
Thomas, Keith Anthony,Army,Pvt,8986,VX29878,19 Sep 1944
Thomas, Norman Henry,Army,Dvr,7553,NX25913,18 Jun 1944
Thompson, Darrell James,Army,Pvt,7609,NX45058,18 Jun 1944
Thompson, David Sydney,Army,Cpl,8912,NX51413,19 Sep 1944
Thomson, Robert Melrose,RAAF,Sgt,8534,407304,16 Jan 1945
Thorold, John Chales Nicholas,Army,Sgt,8906,TX3535,19 Sep 1944
Tideswell, Raymond,Army,Pvt,8461,NX51780,16 Jan 1945
Tilney, Harry Lloyd,Army,Pvt,7613,QX10789,18 Jun 1944
Timms, Herbert Humphrey,Army,SSgt,8481,NX42843,16 Jan 1945
Tinsley, Hugh John,Army,Sgt,7514,NX50282,18 Jun 1944
Todd, Donald Bryan,Army,Sgt,8434,VX48742,16 Jan 1945
Toulmin, Norman Lindsay,Navy,OS,8543,W2199,16 Jan 1945
Towers, John Joseph,Army,Pvt,7626,NX38685,18 Jun 1944
Trembath, Wallace John,Army,Pvt,8532,NX49722,16 Jan 1945
Trouchet, Louis,Army,Sgt,8900,WX13103,19 Sep 1944
Turner, Elwin,Army,Pvt,8516,NX53104,16 Jan 1945
Turner, Leonard,Army,Pvt,8547,NX57750,16 Jan 1945
Tweedie, Donald Kenneth,Army,Pvt,8625,NX51579,16 Jan 1945
Upton, Neville Harold,Army,WO,8894,NX38655,19 Sep 1944
Uren, Thomas,Army,Bmdr,8922,NX38458,19 Sep 1944
Veness, Charles Norman,Army,Pvt,8945,TX4751,19 Sep 1944
Veysey, Ronald Arthur,Army,Pvt,7616,VX65376,18 Jun 1944
Voevodin, Anotole,Army,Pvt,8474,QX19755,16 Jan 1945
Walch, Robert David William,Army,Sgt,8629,NX59315,16 Jan 1945
Waldron, William,Army,Pvt,8970,VX46129,19 Sep 1944
Walker, Donald Raymond,Army,Pvt,8936,TX5901,19 Sep 1944
Walker, Henry Edward,Army,Cpl,8485,VX22708,16 Jan 1945
Wallace, Denis Ronald,Army,Pvt,8954,TX4097,19 Sep 1944
Wallace, Douglas Robert,Army,Pvt,8445,NX40434,16 Jan 1945
Wallace, Robert Clifton,Army,LCpl,8438,NX25325,16 Jan 1945
Walmsley, William Stanley,Army,Dvr,7628,NX51769,18 Jun 1944
Ward, Frederick Thomas,Army,Pvt,8942,WX7913,19 Sep 1944 Rashin Maru Previously No. 13 Saganoeski
Watson, Christian William John,Army,Pvt,8941,TX5466,19 Sep 1944
Waugh, Royal Alfred,Army,Pvt,7637,NX26988,18 Jun 1944
Weatherhead, Henry Strydan,Army,Pvt,8524,VX33823,16 Jan 1945
Weaver, Herbert Raymond Francis,Army,Pvt,8989,TX5379,9 Sep 1944
Webb, Roy Oliver William John,Army,Pvt,8513,VX51470,16 Jan 1945
Westerbeck, Arthur Eric,Army,Pvt,8561,VX67673,16 Jan
Whitecross, Roy Hamilton,Army,Pvt,8477,NX68418,16 Jan 1945
Wilkes, Hugh,Army,Pvt,7596,WX9179,18 Jun 1944
Wilkinson, Charles Reid,Army,Sgt,8905,NX54635,9 Sep 1944
Williams, Frank Edward,Army,Cpl,7520,SX9352,18 Jun 1944
Williams, Henry McKenzie,Army,Sap,8932,NX38670,9 Sep 1944
Williams, Thomas Albert,Army,Sap,8500,DX557,16 Jan 1945
Williams, William Lawrence,Army,Sap,8506,NX21822,16 Jan 1945
Willis, Frederick Reginald,Army,Dvr,8467,NX7125,16 Jan 1945
Wilson, Thomas Stuart,Army,Sap,8578,NX31952,16 Jan 1945
Wiseman, Frederick Ernest,Army,Pvt,8558,WX9495,16 Jan 1945
Wood, Keith Henry,Army,Pvt,8468,VX55216,16 Jan 1945
Wright, Raymond Robert,Army,Pvt,8478,SX8474,16 Jan 1945
Wyllie, Kevin James,RAAF,Sgt,8897,402899,9 Sep 1944
Yaxley, Leslie Charles,Army,Pvt,8953,TX3800,9 Sep 1944
Young, David,Army,Sap,8576,NX20360,16 Jan 1945
Yunker, Thomas William,Army,Sap,8505,NX38066,16 Jan 1945
Swartz, Joseph,Army,Driver,526/421,WX2924 originally at Omuta No. 17, transf, No. 1 Camp, then after death of Dwyer was moved to Moji No. 4 Camp – working on wharves.
WILKINS, Michael Henry WX17604 sailed Aramis was transf. from No. 17 Omuta to No. 12 Miyata.  Close mates with Wilkes and Gough who remained Omuta No. 17.  Please read about No. 12 Miyata
DWYER, William,Army,Pvt,6090,WX20076 died illness at Fukkuoka Camp No. 1 of Acute Colitis 5 May 1945, aged 38 years.   His ashes taken to by another Australia Soldier to Labuan.
LALLY, KEN,Army,Pvt,WX9318(died 23 Mar 1945 crushed between 2 coal trucks)18 Jun 1944 aged 30 years. Buried Yokohama War Cemetery, PLot E Row A, Grave 9
Time Line: (Special thanks to Jim Erickson)
7 Aug 1943: Camp opens with 500 Americans arriving on Clyde Maru. (Mati Mati Maru) Pows # 1 to 500
24 March 44: Seven Americans arrive- POWs # 501 to 507 POW Kenwa Maru
19 June 1944: group of Aussies, British & Dutch arrived on Teia Maru (ARAMIS) Had been on the Burma-Thailand railroad.Australians #s 507-655; British #s 657-664 and Dutch 668-928. (16 men from 2/4th)
June or July 1944 200 British arrive on Hioki Maru (not sure of dates)
2 Sept 1944: 200 Americans arrive from Philippines aboard Canadian Inventor.
16 Jan 1945: Approximately 191 Australians arrive aboard Awa Maru.(including 11 men from 2/4th included above)
Jan/Feb 1945: 95 Americans arrive ex Brazil Maru (Oryoku/Enoura/Brazil Maru survivors); and 95 British, Dutch, Czech, Norwegian, and American arrive aboard either Melbourne Maru or Enoshima Maru. The later included survivors of Hofuku Maru.
June 1945: a group of X Aussies arrive (#s >1893). They had been brought to Japan in Sept 1944 aboard Rashin Maru and were initially held at Fukuoka 13-D Oita before being transferred to #17. (incl. two from 2/4th MGB)
Sept 1945: Rescue effected