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Bedrock of the Community
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Would be fulfilling to 'close the loop' on this one.
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Yes, it would be interesting to "close the loop" on this one. I never thought of contacting a veterans organization-that's a good idea.
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It is Andrew Salmon and he is a Lance Sergeant. This is taken from the UK Roll of WWII Prisoners.  His records will not be available from the Archives at Kew until 2035. Edited by lettow
08/04/2026 4:03 pm
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This is the roster of prisoners in Osaka on August 15, 1945  Edited by lettow
08/04/2026 4:08 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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His Japanese POW INdex Card  |
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Yes, I now see it is Salmon and not Johnson. Good catch.  |
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Fascinating piece of history, oriole, and a nice bit of research to find the information, lettow!
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I just knew @lettow would crack this case (I also didn't see Johnson, but Salmon as the surname)
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Fascinating. I would love to get a banknote with anyone's signature on it. One of the reasons I like used notes and the such. Excellent sleuthing you all. |
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This is a fascinating sequence of posts, thank you oriole and lettow, for the very interesting read!
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Thanks, @lettow. I see that I did not even get the right last name!
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Well, now that I have the right name, I found out that Andrew Salmon was the author of a book (with his son Ken Salmon) on the sinking of a ship, the Lisbon Maru, which was transporting POWs from Hong Kong to Japan in 1942. He worked in the Hong Kong Prisons from 1949-1974. He died in 2000.
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I found a website that has a personal WW II Pacific theater diary of an Andrew Salmon, who apparently died in 2000. I wonder if this is the same man. The diary was posted by a man with the same last name. Possibly a living relative?  |
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@FortCollins, that is certainly the same person. Andrew Salmon kept diaries, and that book I mentioned is partly based on those.
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