Private Allan Clifford Chick, 2/40th Battalion. enlisted on 17 June 1940. He embarked at Darwin for Timor on 7 December 1941. Pte. Chick was captured and taken prisoner by the Japanese in Timor. Allan was taken to Java before being transported to Japan in 1944.
According to the Australian War Memorial: "While en route to Japan, the Tamahoko Maru
was torpedoed and sunk, as it was not marked as a POW transport ship. Allan Chick was one of the 212 survivors.
The trip involved being sunk on two different occasions the first rendered the ship non operational whereas he was transferred to another vessel and then later this ship was sunk. He was put on a third ship for the remainder of the trip. Allan was transported to Nagasaki & held Fukuoka Camp RTA.
He worked in the Mitsubishi foundry as a Prisoner of War. He was released from the Fukuoka POW Camp, Nagasaki, Japan, after the atomic bomb in August 1945. Allan was one of the 24 Australian POWs that survived the bombing."
Allan returned to Japan only a few months after the end of the war to be part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces. He also went on to serve with the United Nations forces in Korea until March 1953. He was repatriated to Australia and discharged in May 1953.
Allan Chick married Anita, a Japanese nurse that he met while on duty. They both lived in Heyfield Victoria until his death. Allan at age 93 in 2013 is believed to be the last living A-bomb survivor among former Australian POWs. Lest We Forget.
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Description and photos submitted by David Tynan in memory of his friend Allan Chick additional information sourced by the Australian War Memorial Collection /C332171
Allan returned to Japan only a few months after the end of the war to be part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces. He also went on to serve with the United Nations forces in Korea until March 1953. He was repatriated to Australia and discharged in May 1953.
Allan Chick married Anita, a Japanese nurse that he met while on duty. They both lived in Heyfield Victoria until his death. Allan at age 93 in 2013 is believed to be the last living A-bomb survivor among former Australian POWs. Lest We Forget.
#ww2uncovered #honorourveteran
Description and photos submitted by David Tynan in memory of his friend Allan Chick additional information sourced by the Australian War Memorial Collection /C332171
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