Transferred to mainland Japan on 27 November 1942; Interned to No.1 Branch Camp of Hakodate POW Camp on 1 December 1942; Transferred to No.3 Branch Camp of Fukuoka POW Camp on 17 December 1943; Died of chronic enteritis at 02:25 on 28 January 1944. (Cremation); Fell ill on 24 January 1944; Place of death: No.3 Branch Camp of Fukuoka POW Camp; Place ashes are kept: at POW Camp; His ashes were handed over to Major U.S.A. Dorris. Winnifred O at No.3 Branch Camp of Fukuoka POW Camp on 16 September 1945;
He died on January 28, 1944 in No.3 Branch Camp of Fukuoka POW Camp, he was 27 years old.Source 2
The temperature on February 13, 1916 was between -1.6 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).
Day of death January 28, 1944
The temperature on January 28, 1944 was between 8.1 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
April 28 » World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
June 17 » Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
June 20 » The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.
September 17 » World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
October 21 » World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
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