Ambrose, Frederick Cook

Rank and Name, Chief Warrant Officer Frederick Cook Ambrose.

Unit/Placed in, Headquarters Philippine Department.

Camp Davao

Davao – Small port city on southeast coast of Mindanao. The POW camp was located some ten miles northwest of the port. Camp was closed in 1944 and the POWS were sent first to Cebu on the Yashu Maru. In Cebu, they were transferred to the Singoto Maru and moved to Manila and into Bilibid.

Frederick is born approx. on March 8, 1890 in Massachusetts.

Father, Frederick M. Ambrose.

Mother, Mary D. (Cook) Ambrose.

Sister(s), Clara E. Cora J. Helen and Margaret Ambrose.

Brother(s), Nathaniel Ambrose.

Spouse, Emma V. (Wood) Ambrose.

Frederick enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # W-901550.

Frederick died on transport to Cebu to a other POW Camp on Nov. 4, 1944, he is honored with a POW Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Frederick is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to,

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org