Abe Grunis

Aircraftman 1st Class Abraham ('Abe') Grunis was an airman of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died during the Second World War.
He was born the son of Asher and Hannah Grunis. His Polish father, who became the Rabbi of Cardiff, was naturalized in Britain with Abraham on 12 August 1931.The London Gazette (33750), p. 5758. 4 September 1931, thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
Grunis was captured in 1942 when the Japanese invaded and occupied the island of Java. He died the following year, on 29 November, on board the 'hell ship' Suez Maru. The ship, transporting more than 500 Allied sick POWs from work camps on the Moluccas and Ambon, was torpedoed off the Kangean Islands by the American submarine USS Bonefish. Those who survived the sinking were killed in the water by the Japanese minesweeper W.12. There were no survivors.Edwards, Bernard (2006), Japan's Blitzkrieg: The Allied Collapse in the East 1941-42, p. 180-3.Grunis, Abe, roll-of-honour.org.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Singapore Memorial. A nephew, Asher Grunis, served as president of Israel's Supreme Court from 2012 to 2015.
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==References==
*Grunis, Abe, cwgc.org. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
Category:Birth Date Unknown
Category:1943 deaths
Category:Polish military personnel
Category:British military personnel
Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:British people of Polish descent
Category:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Category:Burial Unknown
Category:Singapore Memorial
Category:Aircraftsmen