REGINALD CHARLES HURRICKS
Reginald is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.
Born: 1921, at 11, Tanners Street, Ipswich.
Died: 5th March 1943; age: 21; massacred on Ballalae Island whilst a Japanese POW on completion of the forced construction of an airstrip – 600 GUNNERS PARTY.
The mass graves were discovered after the war, and the POW deaths on the island were war crimes. The Japanese reported that the ship transporting the prisoners had been torpedoed and lost at sea after leaving Singapore.
Next of Kin informed on the 4th June 1946.
Residence: 17, Copperfield Road, Ipswich.
Enlisted: 8th June 1941.
Captured: 15th February 1942 – Fall of Singapore.
Rank: Gunner; Service Number: 1799493.
Regiment: Royal Artillery, 144 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment.
Final resting place unknown.
Memorial Reference:
Column 21.
Kranji,
Singapore.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Maud Hurricks, of Ipswich.
Nephew to WALTER HURRICKS.
Father: Samuel Hurricks, born November 1888, in Ipswich.
Mother: Maud Hurricks (nee Bennett), born December 1888, in Ipswich.
ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939
Reginald lived with his parents and siblings at their family home – 17, Copperfield Road, Ipswich.
Samuel, a Labourer – William Brown & Co., Timber Yard, of Grey Friars Road, Ipswich.
Maud, unpaid Domestic Duties.
Cyril Ernest Hurricks, a General Labourer, born March 1920, Ipswich.
Joyce Irene Hurricks, a Factory Hand making Bags and Sacks, born October 1923, Ipswich.
Clifford Ronald Hurricks, at School, born May 1929, Ipswich.
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