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changed to—let there be light and there was no light!Edwards D 2d In Jap Prison, Wife LearnsMrs. Stella Edwards af 431 Circuit road has been notified by the navy department that her husband, Houston E. Edwards, chief electrician, USN, died July 1G, 1944, as A prisoner of the Japanese in the Dutch East Indies and was buried-in the cemetery of the Makassar Celebes prison camp.The naval man was reported missing in action with the crew of the USS Perch March 2, 1942, when the ship was lost in the battle of Java, but it was learned later that he was taken prisoner by the Japanese March 3 of the same year and held captive at Makassar Celebes until his death.He had been a member of the crew of the Perch since its commissioning 9^ years ago at the Electric Boat company' plant at Groton, Conn..A native of Goin, Tenn., he had. served in the navy for 18 years, having enlisted in the service as a boy of 16. Much of his duty was on-submarines and he was a member of several Portsmouth-built boats, including the Dolphin and the Cache-lot..'’’ 'He married the former Miss Stella Drobisewski of .Portsmouth nearly 10 years ago. The ' couple' had one daughter, Victoria. Edwards, who is now seven years old.Mrs. Edwards was with her husband in Manila until November, 1940, when all Americans were warned to leave the territory, and then she returned to Portsmouth.A.-G. MerrillsNKu r ' TO,.FtSChimiweermuniciChi es th dling today Chine serves mg fc war fc muni]Ref Araer had sprea-the c was i: ' Pre marir transi troop] ericar the. j tions munisUniteChinaNor they might with • of err and c ing aA
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Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US
Tue, Oct 30, 1945
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