| BUYO MARU (January 26, 1943)
Japanese troop transport, part of a small convoy intercepted by the American submarine USS Wahoo. A spread of three torpedoes were fired at the Buyo which brought the vessel to a halt and another, which hit amidships, eventually sunk the ship. On board the Buyo were many Indian prisoners of war and a number of Japanese garrison troops about to be landed on the nearby shore of western New Guinea. Casualties on board the Buyo were 195 Indian prisoners and 87 Japanese troops killed. Altogether there were 1,126 men on the transport. Next day, about 800 survivors were rescued by a Japanese ship, the Choko Maru.
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On weald of Kent I watched once more
Again I heard that grumbling roar
Of fighter planes; yet none were near
And all around the sky was clear
Borne on the wind a whisper came
'Though men grow old, they stay the same'
And then I knew, unseen to eye
The ageless Few were sweeping by
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