They expressed their thankfulness for having escaped from the semi-starvation of their internment camps, as well as their anxiety for the health of those they had left behind in Japanese custody. Japanese POW’s were made to … The last days & liberation of the camp are written HERE. DeKlerk (AKA Imbari Maru/Imaji maru, De Clerk). After mid-1944 most POWs on the east coast area were based at Sungeigerung camp. Overview World War 2 Summary World War 2 Facts World War 2 Timeline World War 2 Prisoners Of War Soldiers In World War 2 WW2 FAQ Who Started World War 2? Arrived at Moji in Japan where POWs were sent onto Taisho sub-camp, one of a group of camps around Osaka and Kobe. The information they provided gave urgency to the question of further exchange agreements, but in spite of unceasing negotiation, this draft was destined to be the last to be repatriated from Japanese custody until the liberation of the Philippines in February 1945. See more ideas about world war ii, world war two, wwii. A Kempeitai Prison rather than a fully fledged POW camp, located in Rabaul town itself. Our database contains only those rosters we have managed to source so far -If you know of other roster lists please let us know if you know where these may be located and we will add them if at all possible. Prisoners captured by Japanese forces during this and the First Sino-Japanese War and World War I were also treated in accordance with international standards. In contrast, the IRCC was not given access to camps in South-East Asia where conditions were far worse and frequently appalling. Of the 27,000 Americans taken prisoner by the Japanese , a shocking 40 percent died in captivity, according to the U.S. Congressional Research Service. Havelock Road and River Valley Road Camps also had the unusual distinction of running a Masonic Lodge but this ended when numerous POWs were sent to the infamous Burmese "Death Railway". More information about these records can be found in the research guides British Prisoners of War, c1760 – 1919 and British Prisoners of War, 1939 – 1953 . There were also other causes of death including work accidents and bombardment by the Allied Forces. Sister Bullwinkel was later captured again and spent the rest of the war in captivity. Original source: This collection is stored at The National Archives under the reference WO367. Mitsubishi, Nippon express etc. Votes: 74 The Germans were obliged to apply this humane treatment to Jewish prisoners of war who wore the British Army’s uniform, thus sparing them the horrific fate meted out to other Jews. The National Archive has a large number (56,000 –not a complete set) of: ‘Japanese POW index cards 1942-1945 within its collections (not digital) these are held in Catalogue WO345. 2) by an air raid, 31 POWs were killed in Toshiba Tsurumi Branch Camp (Tokyo No. POWs who were allowed to remain at either of these camps were often from Changi Camp and still fit to work. This was not enough to keep the Japanese at bay and the British surrendered on 15 February 1942. The rate of pay was one yen per day per POW, paid to the camp by the company, out of which a Private received 10 sen a day, a non-commissioned officer 15 sen, and a warrant officer 25 sen. Officers were paid according to rank. Similar to the hellish conditions on the Bataan Death March, prisoners were often crammed into cargo holds with little air, food or water for journeys that could last weeks. Cruelly & ironically the Japanese frequently painted supply ships with Red Crosses, yet did not do the same for those vessels that deserved these markings. Sailed from Singapore on 15/05/43 to Moji, Japan with 900 POWs on board. Towards the end of the war, the lack of clothing was very serious, and POWs were dressed in rags. You learn not to get too close to someone because the next day they could be dead. The bridge was built on a small tributary of the larger main river at Tha Mae Kham, some miles away from the Bridge that tourists are now shown as ‘the bridge’. Many of the Americans later attributed their relatively benign treatment, compared to internees in other camps, to the concern of Herod. 13 & 3 Camp, Cherison, Bandoeng, Java, JC /255 1 Allied Group Hospital, Lyceum, Bandoeng, Java, JC /156 Taiping Jail Perak ( amalgamated with ) Ipoh, Malaya, JC /288 Ipoh ( amalagamated with JC /156 ), Malaya, JC /296 Sungei Bulow, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, JC /316 Oesapa Bezar, Timor, Netherlands East Indies, JC /313 Los Banos and Santo Tomas Camps, Manila, Philippines, JC /1 Kanburi, Kanchanaburi, Khan Buri, Siam, JC /2 Pungyisho ( south of Tarsao ), Siam, JC /5 152 kilo railway camp, Hintock River Camp, Siam, JC /26 Tamuang,Taenvang, Tam Wang, Siam, JC /27 Wanyei, North Tarsao, 125 kilo railway camp, Siam, JC /34 Takelin, 101 kiol railway camp, Siam, JC /40 Linson, 202.5 kilo railway camp, Siam, JC /42 Kanyu, 140 kilo railway camp, Siam, JC /48 Pran Kashi, 208 kilo railway camp, Siam, JC /49 Tarkenun, 203 kilo railway camp and 211 kilo, Swinton's Camp, Siam, JC /50 Tampii, Arrahill, Jungle Camp, Siam, JC /53 227 kilo railway camp and 245 kilo, Siam, JC /55 Vajiravugh College, Bangkok, Siam, JC /56 Takanon, 228 kilo railway camp, Siam, JC /61 Klikrie, Klien Kli, Tarkenum, 240 kilo railway camp, Siam, JC /62 Ladya Railway Suppy Camp, Kanburi to Tarsao Road, Siam, JC /70 Bankow, Bangkao, 96 kilo railway camp, Siam, JC /71 Wampo South, 110 kilo railway camp, Siam, JC /72 245 kilo railway camp and 227 kilo, Siam, JC /81 Rin Tin, 82 kilo railway camp, Siam, JC /86 Tampii Camp, 147 kilo railway camp, Siam, JC /96 North Wamps, Wamps, 114 kilo railway camp, Siam, JC /99 Lampoe, 32 kilo north of Chieng-Mai, Siam, JC /126 230 kilo railway camp and 245 kilo, Siam, JC /133 Tamajo, 229 kilo railway camp, and 234, and 239 kilo, Siam, JC /137 Kachu Lu, Katchu Mountain Camp, Siam, JC /143 Bangan Camp, 9 kilo north of Brencasi, Siam, JC /159 Tarkenun,Swinton's Camp, 230 kilo railway camp, Siam, JC /164 Tarrua, 102 kilo railway camp, Siam, JC /178 Tagerry ( Burma/Siam border ), Siam, JC /190 Bontilon Camp, ( on Wampo to Tavoy Rd ), Bonti, Siam, JC /3 Kranji No. Bilibid new Prison opened in 1941 on the site of the former ‘old’ prison and was converted into a POW camp after the Japanese occupation. These were: Lieutenant Colonel Philip Toosey (later Brigadier) was the senior officer in this camp and risked his own life many times by deliberately sabotaging the bridge-building efforts, completely different from the senior officer in the film. 14 September 1945. Media in category "Prisoners of war in Japan in World War II" The following 59 files are in this category, out of 59 total. Sunk by USS Queenfish (SS-393) 1 April 1945. While there, the prisoners were afforded no sanitary conditions whatsoever. a camp might be known both by its main (parent) camp and by that camp's location and also by its subcamp names and its location. Mati –Mati =’wait, wait’ a nickname for this hell ship that zigzagged across the Pacific carrying POWs so much it was always a delayed journey. Moreover, according to a directive ratified on 5 August 1937 by The Japanese emperor Hirohito, the constraints of the Hague Conventions were explicitly removed from prisoners of war from China, the United States, Australia, Britain, Canada, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the Philippines held by the Japanese armed forces and these POWs were subject to murder, beatings, summary punishment, brutal treatment, forced labour, medical experimentation, starvation rations and poor medical treatment. The largest Japanese war 5) were killed when the U.S. Battleships bombarded Kamaishi City 22 were killed in Kawasaki Ogimachi Branch Camp (Tokyo No. Sailed from Ambon to java departing on 31/8/44 and going via Makassar and to Surabaya with 300 pows on board, arriving in Java on 29/9/44. However, on January 9th, the Enoura Maru was bombed and disabled while in harbour, killing about 350 men. In 1943, when the International Red Cross agent in Singapore complained to a senior military official concerning his continued non-recognition, he was arrested and interrogated by the Japanese military police as a suspected spy. Most main camps had sub-camps near workplaces: all POWs under Japanese control were required to work irrespective of rank- most large camps had as many as 12 subcamps. The average number of cards which the Japanese allowed being sent out was from four to five for the whole period of captivity, and only some of these reached their destinations. There are no ‘nominal lists’ currently known of those who worked and died on this railway, however: 6,982 casualties are commemorated in the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery (also known as Don-Rak cemetery) 129Km north of Bangkok. The Imperial War Museum, in association with the publisher J.B. Hayward, has published a series of volumes listing all British & Commonwealth POWs held in Germany and German Occupied Territories. JAPAN'S forces were notorious for their ruthlessness and cruelty in World War II and tales of their sadism towards Allied prisoners have become … 15/5/42 Some 2000 Dutch & British POWs from Sumatra were transported to Mergui, Burma. We add around 200,000 new records each month. 1 Sub Camp, Fukuoka Group, Najima, Kashii PoW Camp, Japan, JC /248 Neawitz Camp,Omori Camp, Tokyo Group, Japan, JC /251 Kanose Camp D16, Hiroshima Group, Japan, JC /254 Yokohama No. At the end of the war, the Japanese Armed Forces destroyed all documents … The nurses heard a quick succession of shots before the Japanese soldiers came back, sat down in front of the women and cleaned their bayonets and rifles. sailed from Singapore on 16 May 43. The prisoners resorted to digging trenches in the parade grounds as latrines. Prisoners of War of the Japanese 1939-1945. Halfway between the capital (Tokyo) and Yokohama this artificial island in the bay had barracks surrounded by a bamboo fence. Many of the deaths happened immediately after the POWs arrived in Japan from South East Asia. some records will contain more information than that listed above. Ship sunk 21 September 1944 by an unidentified US submarine. Interlude: The story of British Prisoners of War in Stammlager VIIIA at Görlitz in Lower Silesia, Germany, London, 1945, p. 25 Hear George Trundle talk about how POWs kept themselves entertained. All 500 internees were crowded into a single building, which had previously housed 60 soldiers, and the Japanese made little provision for food and water. The POWs who were accused of committing serious crimes or those who tried to escape were prosecuted at the Japanese Army Court Martial and sent to prison for Japanese criminals, many were executed in front of their fellow POWs. . On September 18th, 1944, when sailing from Tangjung Priok, Java to Padang, Sumatra, Junyo Maru was torpedoed west off Sumatra, Mukomuko by the British submarine HMS Tradewind. The detached camp was a branch camp of a smaller size, typically a mine or factory camp. Stories categorised in 'Prisoners of War'. With the lack of food, water and proper hygiene the number of cases of dysentery and diphtheria began to rise. Only 550 of the 900+ who sailed from Taiwan were still alive; 150 more men died in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea in the coming months, leaving only 403 survivors of the original 1620 to be liberated from camps in Kyushu, Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan in August and September 1945. After a battle lasting nearly 3 months in the Bataan region of the Philippines the US garrison surrendered. Japanese Registers of POWs WWII - The records are contained in Japanese Registers of Allied Prisoners of War (PoWs) and civilian internees held in camps in Singapore, Second World War.This series comprises three registers which record the names of over 13,000 allied Prisoners of War and civilian internees of British and other nationalities during the Second World War. There are sources which show other camp names not listed here: however there is no further information so far sourced regarding these camps, it being likely these extra names are either civilian camps only or just a misspelling or pseudonym of the camps below. When POWs wanted to spend money, they received cash from the POW officer and shopped outside the camp accompanied by a Japanese guard. Canadian Inventor (Mati Mati Maru/ Sekiho Maru). On 3 April a second raid by Liberator bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces damaged the wooden bridge once again. In most cases, a Japanese style multiperson bathing facility was provided, but there were camps where it was unavailable due to the general shortage of fuel. Commander Kunito Hatakeyama, who was in direct command of the massacres, was sentenced to execution by hanging. Conditions varied, but in the worst camps - such as those along the Thailand-Burma ‘Death Railway’ - prisoners suffered terribly. 1 Hospital, Singapore, JC /10 Alexandra Hospital, Havelock Road working camp, Singapore, JC /39 Seletar Camp, ( naval case ), Singapore, JC /46 Buller Camp, Breucassie, Singapore, JC /89 Buket Timah, Chinese High School, Singapore, JC /140 Fort Connaught, Blakang Mati Island, Singapore, JC /45 Medan Quarantine Station and Gloeger, Sumatra, JC /148 Muntok, Bangka Island, off Sumatra, JC /167 Aek Ramienke Estate Camp 1, Sumatra, JC /302 Si Rengo Rengo, Ranthauparapat, Sumatra, Some of the material on this page was also partially derived from, , , , , , , , , , . Site of the infamous Palawan massacre where Japanese troops with Kempeitai (Military police) officers murdered 139 US POWs. Allied Officers were sent to oversee the transfer of the POWs from the Japanese Army. Carried 1,000 prisoners from Makassar, Celebes to Nagasaki, Japan beginning October 10th, 1942 and arriving 13 days later. The Bangka Island massacre took place on 16 February 1942, when Japanese soldiers machine-gunned 22 Australian military nurses to death with only one survivor. It had 4 floors, 440 meters long X 110 yards wide, with walls and the roof made of concrete. The POWs declined offers to blindfold. The surviving POWs then suffered treatment on a par with the worst of all the POW camps. The survivors of the sinking of the Oruku maru (see above) were held for several days in an open tennis court at Olongapo Naval Base. The gun batteries on Blakang Mati were later destroyed or deliberately broken up to prevent them from falling into Japanese hands. Forces and returned to the United States. Along with the rest of the 24th Group, he ended up at Bataan, where he flew the last combat mission on April 8, 1942. The sources quoted can also supply much more specific information than it is capable of showing here. Few POW camp buildings were new. The entire march was judged later to be a ‘war crime’ and started with many atrocities such as the summary execution of some 400 Filipino officers immediately after the surrender. 723 survivors were rescued only to be put to work in conditions similar to those of the Burma Railway where death was commonplace. 32,418 POWs in total were detained in those camps. The POWs assembled at places such as Nagasaki, Nii-machi in Shizuoka Prefecture, Yokohama, Omori in Tokyo, Chitose in Hokkaido, and by the end of September, most of the POWs had returned to their home countries via Okinawa and Manila. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google
Situated in Lushun Manchuria and built by the Russian occupation forces in the early 20th century. Most of the POWs did not have the means to mend or repair their clothes. The Geneva Convention of 1929 established the rules for the treatment of prisoners of war that were used in World War II. As Commander of all POW and civilian internee camps, Suga was responsible for the many atrocities that took place in these camps, including the Sandakan Death Marches. Corporal Breavington made a plea to the Japanese officers to execute him alone but was rejected. In addition to the number of POWs who reached Japanese camps, approximately 11,000 POWs tragically lost their lives when allied air and submarine forces attacked the ships transporting the POWs to Japan. By creating an account you agree to us emailing you with newsletters and discounts, which you can switch off in your account at any time, Changi and sailed from Singapore for Japan on 26 April 1943 on the. They were forced to engage in the hard labour of constructing railways, roads, airfields, etc. WW2 People's War Homepage Archive List Timeline About This Site: Contact Us: Japanese Prisoner Of War by Norfolk Adult Education Service. British Army built, The Selerang Barracks were constructed between1936 - 1938 and used to house Australian POWs from 1942 onwards. Sailed from Singapore to Moji (Japan) with 1500 POWs on 25/4/43. September 1945. Wikimedia Commons 8 of 31 Union soldier recovering in hospital from spending two months at the Belle Isle Confederate prison camp. (We have a copy of ‘The Prisoner of War’ magazine from February 1943 which notes a visit to Woosung camp Near Shanghai, China and mentions 3 of the main camps in Japan proper as having had visits). One of the other Americans was USMC Lt. who had organized the escape. The registers refer to camps numbered 1-4, the identity of these had not previously been established but it is now believed that these refer to: No 1 PoW camp - Changi, No 2 PoW camp - Serangoon Road Camp, No 3 PoW camp - River Valley Road Camp and No 4 PoW camp - Adam Road Camp. Changi was liberated by troops of the 5th Indian Division on 5 September 1945 and within a week troops were being repatriated. The first project for the prisoners was to clean the building. Sailed from Singapore to Japan (Moji) 27/10/42 with 1205 POWs. 1,379 casualties are commemorated in the Chonk-Kai War Cemetery which is on the same spot as the previous POW camp on the railways' course 2km south of the town of Kwai Noi. The camp commandants often refused to reply to questions put to them. The Japanese army decided its construction was vital as it was too dangerous to ship armed forces, goods and materials by sea and run the risk of US submarines (see the Hellships section to note the very high number sunk by Allied forces submarines during this period). Used as a POW & Internment camp between April 1942 and June 1944. The barracks buildings were overcrowded and many had to live in makeshift tents in the Square. Of the 267 Australians onboard only 72 survived. The Tokyo and Osaka Camps had attached hospitals, Shinagawa POW Hospital, and Kobe POW Hospital, which treated seriously ill patients from each branch camp. Rangoon Prison, 1945. The POWs were already in weak condition before embarkation, and they had to endure terrible conditions while aboard the transport ships (‘hell ships'). A Kempeitai Prison rather than a fully fledged POW camp, located in Rabaul town itself, https://www.awm.gov.au/events/conference/2002/degroen.asp, Report of the International Committee of the Red Cross on its activities during the Second World War, Vol,1,p.451, prisoner-of-war and internment camps in Japan, Allied prisoners and civilians in Japanese hands, Ships from Hell: Japanese War Crimes on the High Seas in World War II’, Japanese Registers of Allied Prisoners of War (PoWs), www.paperlessarchives.com/FreeTitles/POWCampsOutisdeJapan.pdf, 2 million exclusive records, found only on our site, Records transcribed in the UK for maximum accuracy, 1 on 1 Personal assistance from military photo and document experts, Access to Orbats mapping tool, allowing you to trace your WW1 ancestors steps. In 1942, Corporal Rodney Breavington and Private Victor Gale from the Australian Imperial Force, Private Harold Waters from the East Surrey Regiment and Private Eric Fletcher from the Royal Army Service Corps were recaptured after a failed escape attempt. During World War II, the Japanese Armed Forces captured nearly 140,000 Allied military personnel (Australia, Canada, Great Britain, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United States) in the Southeast Asia and Pacific areas. Diagonal red lines drawn across the card means the serviceman died in captivity. Suga was based at Batu Lintang internment camp, although he was usually elsewhere at the other POW camps under his jurisdiction. Risser) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Taga Maru (2220 GRT) off Seishin, northwestern Korea in position 41º42'N, 129º34'E. Only 11 men escaped via holes in the perimeter fence, they later testified in war crimes tribunals. Sailed from Singapore to Moji (Japan) departed 21/10/43 with 1155 POWs. Wales Maru (AKA Weills Maru and Byoki Maru). For Japanese from various parts of the Commonwealth, there were to be exchanged Commonwealth civilians who wished to leave China, Japan, Thai-land, and Indo-China. Grashio and his squadron commander, Lieutenant Ed Dyess, eight other Americans, and two Filipinos escaped from a work camp in Davao Region, the Philippines into the jungle on Sunday, April 4, 1943. The Oryoku Maru was a 7,363-ton passenger-cargo liner that the Japanese used to transport 1,620 survivors of the Bataan Death March, Corregidor and other battle sites. War Office: Japanese Registers of Allied Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees held in Camps in Singapore, Second World War Description: This series comprises three registers which record the names of some 13,500 allied prisoners of war and civilian internees of British and other nationalities. *10 US NARA archives ‘prologue magazine’ 2003. In most camps blankets were provided by the camp, however, many POWs reported that the severe winter cold adversely affected their health. Sailed from Manila to Davao departing on 1/7/42 the journey lasted 8 days and had 200 POWs on board. Australian Prisoners Of War: Sandakan, Japan, Female Pows And Europe, War Time Experiences, Australia And World War II, History Year 9, NSW | Online Education Home Schooling Skwirk Australia. The Hiroshima Main Camp absorbed Zentsuji POW Camp making a total of seven main camps. Causes of World War 2 Your email address will not be sold or shared with anybody and will only be used to send you updates for this website. Two months later, he was transferred to a camp at Cabanatuan. Tha Sao 130 KM -Group 4 of D party from Singapore worked here. This ship was used for several POW voyages including the delivery of Fepows to Fukuoka camp via the port of Moji in 1942/3. By taking too aggressive a stand they would have run a great personal risk and would probably at the same time have jeopardized what scant opportunities for relief work they had. Besides returning with Japanese officials and other civilians, these ships carried back mail and relief supplies for Allied nationals held by the Japanese. However, it would have been an incredibly tough undertaking due to the hilly jungle terrain – too difficult to even consider. Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons. Deep in Malaya, as World War II is rapidly coming to an end, men, women and children, trapped by the Japanese invasion, are held captive in the Blood Island prison camp. As a result, the site had a well-constructed military infrastructure, including three major barracks – Selerang, Roberts and Kitchener – as well as many other smaller camps. A camp leader who openly criticised conditions and treatment was liable to be beaten after the departure of the visitor, and recourse was had sometimes to the passing of messages while shaking hands to convey the true situation. Despite the heat, there were two taps to collect water from, and each prisoner was limited to one quart of water (approximately 0.95 litres) for consumption and washing each day. An island at the south of Singapore Island itself and the nearby beach was the scene of the infamous executions of those POWs who attempted escaped from Selerang POW camp in Changi province. The Japanese minesweeper had struck a Dutch laid mine off the coast and sunk with most hands, along with damage to 2 other Japanese minesweepers. The Japanese Army was responsible for the administration of the camps, but the Japanese Navy wanted to interrogate pilots they captured in an attempt to improve their naval intelligence. Ex Burma Railway POW Jack Jennings book ‘prisoner without a crime’ noted: ‘The POWs lived in huts about a hundred feet long with wooden sleeping platforms that could accommodate up to 150 POWs. By creating an account you agree to us emailing you with newsletters and discounts, which you can switch off in your account at any time, 2 million exclusive records, found only on our site, Records transcribed in the UK for maximum accuracy, 1 on 1 Personal assistance from military photo and document experts, Access to Orbats mapping tool, allowing you to trace your WW1 ancestors steps. On top of the main hatch cover, 80 men were sleeping. There were 2 camps at Inrin, one was a temporary camp. This part alone took about 12 weeks. However, living conditions were difficult. When searching for a camp name you already know please bear in mind the names of the camps and their locations are very often mixed up within official and non-official records, therefore try to get as many names for the same place as you can or tie it down to the main camp and the type of work to find the subcamp. On November 1, 1944, Asama Maru was torpedoed and sunk by the US Submarine ‘Atule’ 100 miles (160 km) south of the island of Pratas. September 1945. After the war, it became clear that there existed a high command order – issued from the War Ministry in Tokyo – to kill all remaining POWs. Occupied originally by British POWs from F Force who had left Changi (Singapore) in April 1943. Extensive data sources for those enslaved on the Burma-Siam 'death' Railway, highly recommended! 273-274) re the beheading of the PBY aircrew members. 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