Served World War 2 - Japanese Army - Sergeant - 115th Infantry Regiment, Communication Company, 1st Platoon, 2nd Section; Captured 12th March 1943 on Trobriand Islands; ABE was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 4 July 1943. He died in the breakout.Burnt in Hut.
Name in kanji: 安倍 寅夫
Area of Operations - Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain]Trobriand (Kiriwina) Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands].
Captured in the Trobriand Islands on 12th March 1943. ABE, a 29 year old Sergeant from Gunma, was captured by Australian troops when his boat drifted to shore after his ship, Oigawa Maru, was sunk. His three other companions in the boat were killed by Allied gunfire before the boat reached the shore. During the interrogation, ABE provided information on the telegraph unit to which he was attached. He also told the interrogators that he did not receive news of home or Japan while he was on service.
Name in kanji: 安倍 寅夫
Area of Operations - Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain]Trobriand (Kiriwina) Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands].
Captured in the Trobriand Islands on 12th March 1943. ABE, a 29 year old Sergeant from Gunma, was captured by Australian troops when his boat drifted to shore after his ship, Oigawa Maru, was sunk. His three other companions in the boat were killed by Allied gunfire before the boat reached the shore. During the interrogation, ABE provided information on the telegraph unit to which he was attached. He also told the interrogators that he did not receive news of home or Japan while he was on service.
Served World War 2 - Japanese Army - Sergeant - 115th Infantry Regiment, Communication Company, 1st Platoon, 2nd Section; Captured 12th March 1943 on Trobriand Islands; ABE was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 4 July 1943. He died in the breakout.Burnt in Hut.
Name in kanji: 安倍 寅夫
Area of Operations - Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain]Trobriand (Kiriwina) Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands].
Captured in the Trobriand Islands on 12th March 1943. ABE, a 29 year old Sergeant from Gunma, was captured by Australian troops when his boat drifted to shore after his ship, Oigawa Maru, was sunk. His three other companions in the boat were killed by Allied gunfire before the boat reached the shore. During the interrogation, ABE provided information on the telegraph unit to which he was attached. He also told the interrogators that he did not receive news of home or Japan while he was on service.
Name in kanji: 安倍 寅夫
Area of Operations - Dampier strait [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain]Trobriand (Kiriwina) Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands].
Captured in the Trobriand Islands on 12th March 1943. ABE, a 29 year old Sergeant from Gunma, was captured by Australian troops when his boat drifted to shore after his ship, Oigawa Maru, was sunk. His three other companions in the boat were killed by Allied gunfire before the boat reached the shore. During the interrogation, ABE provided information on the telegraph unit to which he was attached. He also told the interrogators that he did not receive news of home or Japan while he was on service.
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