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253802 Bmbdr. Walter Usher British Army 122nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery from:Scunthorpe Walter Usher served with the Lincolnshire Regiment and 122nd Field Regiment, RA. He was imprisoned at Changi on the 15th of February 1942 and left Changi, Singapore, on 16th of August 1942, sailing two days later on the Fukai Maru, this was a shipment always designed as a propaganda sailing. It was known as Japan party B. The Commander of the Korean Army, General Seishiro Itagaki, requested 2,000 white prisoners of war to be sent to Korea. The purpose of this draft of prisoners was to "stamp out respect and admiration by the Korean people for Britain and America", while at the same time "establishing in them a strong faith" in a Japanese victory in the war. The prisoners on the Fukai Maru were split across two camps. He went onto Keijo Camp. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.