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Pacific Maru POW roster

This roster contains two groups of names.  The first is a list 74 men transported from Tangong Priok, Java, to Singapore aboard the Pacific Maru at the end of 1942.  These same men were loaded aboard Aki Maru on 10 Jan 1943 for transport to Takao, Formosa, arriving there on 30 Jan 1943. 

The second group listed includes 11 British POWs (2 unnamed), who, based on their assigned Formosan POW numbers, and their probable service in Java, seem likely to also have been transported to Singapore on the Pacific Maru and then to Formosa on Aki Maru.  The two missing names were assigned POW #s 3022 and 3030.  It is possible that these 11 men made their way to Formosa by another means; however, their POW numbers indicate that these men arrived by early April 1943.

Apart from the two men whose names are listed as unknown, I think this roster accounts for the 74, or 85, men who were transported aboard Pacific Maru, and then on the Aki Maru.   Gregory Michno's "Death on the Hellships" lists three men from Singapore (Sir Shenton Thomas, Sir Mark Young, and A.I. Spitz)  as traveling on Aki Maru, but Formosan POW records indicate that Thomas, Young, and Spitz were transported to Formosa in 1942.
The roster was recreated by James Erickson using records of POWs imprisoned on Taiwan obtained from the US National Archives (Record Group 407, Box 122) by Roger Mansell director of the Center for Research: Allied POWs Under the Japanese; from files of the Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society ; from information contained in the books "Death on the Hellships" by Gregory Michno, US Naval Institute Press, 2001, and "The Hard Way Home" by William C. Braly, Infantry Journal Press, 1947; and from the Col. Edmund J. Lilly POW papers held at the US Army Combined Arms Research Library.  Copyright 2009 by James W. Erickson
Names are ordered alphabetically.  Taiwan POW #s were assigned sequentially by arrival date, nationality, rank, and last name. The file is in delimited format, divided by semicolons.

Group 1  74 men

NAME;RANK;NATL;UNIT;Taiwan POW #;FINAL CAMP;COMMENT

Baer I N E;Pvt;Neth;Radio Op KM;3009;unknown;

Bakkers Rudolph;Maj Gen;Neth;Chief Gen Staff NEIA;2965;Mukden;

Bishop Alan G;Gp Capt;Br;HQ RAF FE;2952;Mukden;

Blackburn Arthur Seaforth;Brig;Aust;GOC Aus Imp Forces Java;3019;Mukden;

Bunk Alexander;Pvt;Neth;Res Forces NEIA;3010;Mukden;

Byjleveld Dr Johan W;Col;Neth;Terr Srgn 2nd Div NEIA;2972;Mukden;

Bykerk Reins;Cpl;Neth;Mil Police NEIA;3005;Mukden;

Cikot Petrus Jacobus;Capt ;Neth;Chief Naval Bn Bandoeng KM;2973;Mukden;

Clarke Alfred Jabza;Gnr;Br;48th Light AA Battery RA;2957;Mukden;

Coggle Cyril Kenneth F;Gp Capt;Br;RAF HQ FE;2953;Mukden;

Cox Jan Hermanus;Col;Neth;Chief IG Militia NEI;2974;Mukden;

Cox Perre Antoine;Maj Gen;Neth;GOC 2nd Div NEIA Java;2966;Mukden;

Dam Ruth;Pvt;Neth;1st FA Div NEIA;3011;Mukden;

de Jong Willem;Capt;Neth;Chief Pers Svc KM;2975;Mukden;

de Quant Carolus H;Col;Neth;Chief Military Engrs NEIA;2976;Mukden;

Exman Willem L;Sgt;Neth;Tank Bn Bandoeng  NEIA;3000;Mukden;

Fleischer Johann A;Col;Neth;Ter Cmdr 2nd Div NEIA;2977;Mukden;

Gielkens Jan N;Cpl;Neth;Med Corps NEIA;3006;Mukden;

Goudswaard Adriann;Col;Neth;Chief Pharm Serv NEIA;2978;Mukden;

Hersee Phillip Derek;AO2;Br;AC-2 266th Wing HQ RAF Sumatra;2958;Mukden;

Ilgen Gustav Adolph;Maj Gen;Neth;GOC 3rd Div NEIA Java;2967;Mukden;

Inglis Wilfred T;LAC;Br;153 Maint Unit RAF Malaya Java;2959;Mukden;

Kamps Hubert JA;Col;Neth;Chief Insp Cavalry NEIA;2979;Mukden;

Kengen Emile T;Col;Neth;2 I/C KM-KNIL;2980;Mukden;

Koppen Ernest T;Col;Neth;CO 1st Art Regt NEIA;2981;Mukden;

Korthout Eduard;Dutch;Neth;Coast Guard Signals NEI;3007;Mukden;

Kroeze Johannes ;Pvt;Neth;A-2 Field Art Sumatra NEIA;3012;Mukden;

Kuhn Frans Arnold;Capt;Neth;Pres Court-Martial KM;2982;Mukden;

Lane Charles M;Col;Br;CO Sarawak & Brunei Forces;2954;Mukden;

Leeflang Louis J B;Pvt;Neth;Motor Transp Corps NEIA;3013;Shirakawa;

Leeuwenberg Cornelius;Pvt;Neth;1st FA NEIA;3014;Taihoku #6;

Maltby Paul R C;Air VM;Br;CO RAF Java;2947;Mukden;

Nicholetts Gilbert;Gp Capt;Br;CO Tjambek Air Station Java;2955;Mukden;

Pearson Samuel Ralph;Brig;Br;CO 16th AA Brig Java;2949;Mukden;

Pesman Jacob Jan;Maj Gen;Neth;GOC Group Bandoeng NEIA;2968;Mukden;

Pitch Joseph E;Pte;Br;5th Norfolk Regt 11th Div Singapore;2960;Mukden;

Raine Frederick A;Gnr;Br;240th Heavy AA Battery RA Java;2961;Mukden;

Ridgway Michael C W;Gp Capt;Br;CO RAF Depot Java;2956;Mukden;

Schilling Wybrandus;Maj Gen;Neth;CO 1st Div Batavia NEIA;2969;Mukden;

Scholten Pieter;Col;Neth;CO 2nd Inf Regt NEIA;2983;Mukden;

Schubert Jan Albert Oswald;Const Sgt;Neth;A-Z FA Palembang NEIA;3001;Taihoku #6;

Searle Albert;Col;US;CO US Forces in Java;2963;Mukden;

Silly Benjamin James;Air Cdre;Br;AOC RAF Base Java;2950;Shirakawa;died 7 Dec 1943

Sitwell Harvey Degge Wilmot;Mg Gen;Br;CO Britsh Army Java;2948;Mukden;

Speekenbrink Johannes C;Pvt;Neth;Med Corps NEIA;3015;Mukden;

Spier Marcus;Col;Neth;Chief Med Serv 3rd Div NEIA;2984;Mukden;

Starkenborgh-Stachouwer Tarda van;Civ;Neth;Gov Gen NEI;3020;Mukden;

Staton William;Air Cdre;Br;RAF Java;2951;Mukden;

Steins Antonius P;Sgt;Neth;Mil Pol NEIA;3002;Mukden;

Struyvenberg Albert;Col;Neth;CO 1st Inf Regt NEIA;2985;Mukden;

Ter Poorten Hein;Lt Gen;Neth;CinC Allied Land Forces;2964;Mukden;

Toorop Charles G;Col;Neth;CO South Grp 2nd Div NEIA;2986;Mukden;

Tuck George H (Tough?);Pte;Br;RCOS (Air Formation) Sumatra;2962;Japan?;Taiko Maru to Japan

Tulfer Henricus J;Col;Neth;Chief Fin Svc NEIA;2987;Mukden;

Uhl Johann Hendrik;Maj Gen;Neth;Ins Gen Inf NEIA;2970;Mukden;

Van Beek Jan;Sgt;Neth;Tank Bn Bandoeng NEIA;3003;Shirakawa;

Van Delden Jules;Pvt;Neth;1st FA NEIA;3016;Taihoku #6;

van der Oelsnitz Albert K;Pvt;Neth;NEI Motor Transp Corps;3018;Shirakawa;

Van der Steen Pieter HT;Col;Neth;CO 3rd Art Regt NEIA;2988;Mukden;

van Dijk Adrianus;Col;Neth;CO 2nd Art Regt NEIA;2989;Mukden;

van Kregten Jan G;Capt;Neth;QM in Charge KM;2990;Mukden;

van Kuilenburg Willem A;Col;Neth;CO 6th Inf Regt NEIA;2991;Mukden;

van Leeuwen Frank;Col;Neth;CO 1st Cav Regt NEIA;2992;Mukden;

van Manen Sipke E;Col;Neth;Chief of Med Serv HQ KNIA Bandoeng;2993;Mukden;

Van Naerssen Willem;Sgt;Neth;A-Z FA Palembang NEIA;3004;Shirakawa;

van Rees Jacob;Maj Gen;Neth;Chief Med Serv NEIA;2971;Mukden;

van Rekum Lowys A;Col;Neth;Army Recr Officer NEIA;2994;Mukden;

Van Rhee Willem;Pvt;Neth;A-2 Field Art Sumatra NEIA;3017;Mukden;

Van Stavern Marius;Col;Neth;Dir Surveys NEIA;2995;Mukden;

van Veen Willem P;Col;Neth;Dep C of S GHQ NEIA;2996;Mukden;

Vennik Henry A E;Col;Neth;Chief Mil Transp NEIA;2997;Mukden;

Vromans Abraham G;Capt;Neth;Chief Matl Sec KM;2998;Mukden;

Waal Cornelius HC;Col;Neth;QM in Chief NEIA;2999;Mukden;

Wildeboer Jan R;Cpl;Neth;Mil Police NEIA;3008;Shirakawa;


Group 2  11 men

NAME;RANK;NATL;UNIT;Taiwan POW #;FINAL CAMP;COMMENT

Bain Henry;Gnr;Br;35th Light AA Regt;3026;Twn 4;

Baker Herbert;Gnr;Br;RA;3027;Japan?;Taiko Maru to Japan 1945

Callaghan Cyril;Gnr;Br;77th Heavy AA Regt;3028;Shirakawa;

Duncan Charles;Bdr;Br;RA;3023;;

Henderson James;Gnr;Br;RA;3029;;

MacDonald John;Maj;Br;6th Heavy AA Regt 12th Btry;3021;Mukden;Taiko Maru to Japan 1945

Timothy Ralph;Bdr;Br;48th Light AA Regt;3024;;

unknown;;Br;;3022;;

unknown;;Br;;3030;;

Weston Jack;LAC;Br;RAF;3025;Shirakawa;

Wilson Herbert;Gnr;Br;35th Light AA Regt;3031;Taiwan 1 Hosp



Copyright 2009 by James W. Erickson