| Changi - Americans |
| This is NOT a complete list of those who "passed
through" Changi but those known to have been there after their return
from working on the Death Railway. Among the prisoners in Changi were
men of the 131st
Texas Field Artillery [The Lost Battalion] that had been surrendered in
Java, the survivors of the cruiser USS Houston, a few flyers who were shot
down over the hump, and the survivors of the MS Sawokla. Roster of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (see also this Java Parties PDF for work party rosters) List of survivors of USS Houston - includes other ships: Sawokla, Humphrey and Hovey (see also this Java Parties PDF for work party rosters) |
| Source: Ron Bridge, FEPOW Link to a short history of the MS Sawokla Last Name, First Name, Rank, ASN, Service, Rescue Camp Becker,Erich,MM,na,msSawokla,602 Hakodate Cebollero,Carlos H.,MM,na,msSawokla,602 Hakodate Colmyer,William T.,MM,na,msSawokla,602 Hakodate Coppenrath,Alfred F.,MM,na,msSawokla,708 Malaya POW Camp Malay 6-104 Cruickshank,Richard P.,MM,na,msSawokla,708 Malaya POW Camp Malay 6-104 Cudd,Lewis Edward,MM,na,msSawokla,602 Hakodate Dickman,Otto,MM,na,msSawokla,602 Hakodate Henderson,George Vinson,MM,na,msSawokla,708 Malaya POW Camp Malay 6-104 Houk,Norman W.,MM,na,msSawokla,708 Malaya POW Camp Malay 6-104 Jalet,Sylvian,MM,na,msSawokla,708 Malaya POW Camp Malay 6-104 Kelleher,Charles R.,MM,na,msSawokla,708 Malaya POW Camp Malay 6-104 Knudsen,John,MM,na,msSawokla,602 Hakodate Mackney,John,MM,na,msSawokla, UNKOWN Moreno,Adolpho,MM,na,msSawokla,708 Malaya POW Camp Malay 6-104 Nieves,Ricardo,MM,na,msSawokla,602 Hakodate Pisarczyk,Andrew,MM,na,msSawokla,602 Hakodate Roland,Dennis,MM,na,msSawokla,708 Malaya POW Camp Malay 6-104 Ruiz,Alphonso C.,MM,na,msSawokla,602 Hakodate Saar,Elmar,MM,na,msSawokla,Rokuroshi Torres,Xavier J.,MM,na,msSawokla,708 Malaya POW Camp Malay 6-104 Wardell,Clarence D.,MM,na,msSawokla,602 Hakodate Willner,Stanley,Capt MM,na,msSawokla,708 Malaya POW Camp Malay 6-104 Baggett,Owen J.,2Lt,O&791369,USAAC,797 Malaya Camp #5 Malay Peninsula 6-104 Chambers,Thomas H.,2Lt,O&797468,USAAC,797 Malaya Camp #5 Malay Peninsula 6-104 Jensen,Kenneth Lloyd,1Lt,O&726248,USAAC,708 Malaya POW Camp Malay 6-104 Manella,Joseph R.,2Lt,O&734953,USAAC,708 Malaya POW Camp Malay 6-104 Powers,Robert F.,2Lt,O&676114,USAAC,797 Malaya Camp #5 Malay Peninsula 6-104 Quarant,Jack D.,2Lt,O&797390,USAAC,708 Malaya POW Camp Malay 6-104 Smith,Donald B.,1Lt,O&793188,USAAC,708 Malaya POW Camp Malay 6-104 Books on Changi: The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop by E. E. Dunlop Life and Death in Changi by Tom Kitching A Doctor's War by Rowley Richards Surviving Changi by Peter Kendall Australians Under Nippon by Hank Nelson Changi by Michelle McDonald and Murray Griffin. On Paths of Ash by Robert Holman POWS in East Asia and Changi by David Tett Behind the Wire by Burnett Leslie Clark Darkness before Dawn by J N Farrow The Changi Brownlow by Roland Perry. Singapore and Beyond by Don Wall. |