Suez Maru Atrocity

**heatherannej** · 08-15-2009, 07:23 AM

I grew up knowing that one of my uncles (William Forbes Petrie Brodie) was killed when the ship he was being transported in (as a POW) was torpedoed by an American Submarine - the ship not being marked with an International Red Cross Flag.

It was not until I undertook further research (5 years ago) that I learnt that he had gone done with the Suez Maru (detailed on his death certificate). I innocently googled 'Suez Maru' and discovered the real truth of the matter.
I have Allan Jones' book and have searched on the internet - trying to discover as much as I can!

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to discover my uncle's POW record - I have a little RAF Service history but that's only 2 pages and doesn't give me any insight into POW history.
I've heard that POW's were assigned capital letters A, B or C etc indicating their camp of origin - would this be contained in any POW records?

Any help would be so appreciated - as you might imagine!!

Heather

**spidge** · 08-16-2009, 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by heatherannej

I grew up knowing that one of my uncles (William Forbes Petrie Brodie) was killed when the ship he was being transported in (as a POW) was torpedoed by an American Submarine - the ship not being marked with an International Red Cross Flag.

It was not until I undertook further research (5 years ago) that I learnt that he had gone done with the Suez Maru (detailed on his death certificate). I innocently googled 'Suez Maru' and discovered the real truth of the matter.
I have Allan Jones' book and have searched on the internet - trying to discover as much as I can!

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to discover my uncle's POW record - I have a little RAF Service history but that's only 2 pages and doesn't give me any insight into POW history.
I've heard that POW's were assigned capital letters A, B or C etc indicating their camp of origin - would this be contained in any POW records?

Any help would be so appreciated - as you might imagine!!

Heather

Welcome to the forum Heather.

Hopefully our POW expert will see your post and be able to assist you with some information.

Cheers

Geoff

**spidge** · 08-16-2009, 12:12 AM

I see you have a little about him on this site.

Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore

Please feel free to post it here if you wish.

A very good looking young lad.

RIP