Nekka Maru

[john whitman]

Hello fontessa:

Nekka Maru was sunk on 23 November 1943 while in southbound Convoy HI-23. One account says that there were 985 passengers and 410 military personnel on board.

Another source lists passengers as:

Sasebo 1st Special Naval Landing Force, 232 men
Iwakuni Naval Air Force, 150 men
985 other passengers

That was a lot of people. Do your sources mention the units that were aboard Nekka Maru?

John

[fontessa]

Good morning John,

According to page 24 of JACAR C08050112600, parts of (replacements of ?) the following units were transported by Nekka Maru.
- Taiwan Army HQ
- Hong Kong Military Police Unit
- Army Surgeon School
- Taiwan #5 Unit (The 48th Mountain Artillery Regiment)
- Taiwan #37 Unit (The 108th Air Training Regiment)
- Taiwan #38 Unit (The 109th Air Training Regiment)
- Taiwan #84 Unit (The 3rd Shipping Engineer Regiment Replacement Unit)
- Taiwan #85 Unit (I can’t identify this unit.)
- Taiwan #4570 Unit (Taiwan Army Artillery Intelligence Unit)
- Taiwan Army Intendance Department
- Pingtung Army Air Depot
- Hong Kong Governor-general's Office

fontessa

[john whitman]

Good evening fontessa:

Thanks for this detailed list. It is a good example of routine personnel movements, necessary but not very exciting.

John