There are many incidents of particular barbarity within the 3 years+ of Japanese captivity, here are a few of the more infamous. 14) by an air raid and seven were killed by the A-Bomb in Nagasaki Mitsubishi Ship-Building Branch Camp (Fukuoka No. Sailed from Guam 10/1/42 to an unspecified port in Japan arriving on 15/1/42 carrying 800 POWs. . The other countries holding UK citizens are Bangladesh, India, Thailand, the UAE, St Kitts and Nevis and the United States. The Weihsien Compound (Shandong) (Civilian only), Lunghua Civilian Assembly Centre (Shanghai). Manpower for the Imperial Japanese armed forces became ever more critical as Allied forces closed in, rolling back the tide of Japanese territory, so the Japanese began transferring POWs by sea back towards the Japanese home Islands. The young man is believed to be suffering from a bad back from having to sleep on a concrete floor at the huge prison where he once shared a bare wall prison cell with up to 78 other inmates. 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. Lance is a kind, caring, unselfish, loving person who always put others before himself. 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. Donald the Duck kept as a pet of POWs in Siam -and brought home to the UK. Even though there are prison shops, queues are huge, and some prisoners dont have enough to get snacks and additional products. In 1943 a work party from Java joined the POWs mainly for the construction of new airfields near Talangbetutu, 15 Km north of Palembang. He said his son had witnessed two stabbings and an attempted rape up to that point while imprisoned there. As the POW camps were established, new laws to control the POWs such as "Regulations of the Treatment of the POWs" and "Detailed Rules" were enacted. <> Both prisoners had their sentences confirmed by the Thai Appeals Court in September 2016 when they both appeared before the court shackled together. 2) by an air raid, 31 POWs were killed in Toshiba Tsurumi Branch Camp (Tokyo No. x[nF}#YT_ 'uEi,% dW @V3;sxx|\%^ *O|QU/** Some POWs in the heat, humidity, lack of oxygen, food, and water became delirious. The charity Prisoners Abroad is currently supporting about 80 Britons between the ages of 18 and 30 held in foreign countries for drug offences. The firing squad, consisting of four Indian National Army* soldiers stood some 50 yards away. 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 big difference between the Branch Camp and Dispatched Camp is as follows: In a Branch Camp the Japanese Army supplied all the housing, food, and clothing for the POWs, In a Dispatched/detached camp food, housing, and clothing were provided by the companies and the IJA (Imperial Japanese Army) only provided the POWs and military staff. In addition to punching and slapping, the punishment could be meted out with a sword scabbard or the butt of a rifle. Prisoners of British nationality imprisoned by an authority other than that of the United Kingdom. At the same time, the Japanese guarding the prisoners opened fire on them while they were trying to abandon ship or swim to the nearby island of Mindanao. It left Manila on 13 December 1944 and over the next two days was bombed and strafed by American planes. In 2016, one of Lances legal team, Jeffrey Stevens,suggested that it may be possible to get the residual prison term down to 10 years by working with the UK Foreign Office. She revealed that while walking past a flower shop on Valentines Day recently, a young girl presented her with rose for her son. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. The prison is a maximum security facility with over 20,000 inmates being held cramped and unhygenic conditions. Used to ferry some of the party of 2200 British, Dutch & Australian POWs including RAF from Singapore to Moji (Japan) leaving 5th June 1944, Kunimata Maru (often misspelled Kurimata). This ship carrying more than 548 British/Dutch POWs from Molucca to Java was torpedoed by USS Bonefish off Kangean (Bali) on 29/11/43, 548 POWs died. These contain basic details of each POW and in Japanese on the back additional information - that on POWs who died is particularly informative. Show more. March - October 1943. It had 4 floors, 440 meters long X 110 yards wide, with walls and the roof made of concrete. Note: there may be duplicated entries for some camp descriptions as camp names and sub names are often confusing: i.e. There are also specific nominal lists for RAF POWs held in the Changi camps under AIR 40/1899 and Air 40/1906. <> endobj Risser) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Taga Maru (2220 GRT) off Seishin, northwestern Korea in position 4142'N, 12934'E. provided a list (called the "Yellow List") naming 73 camp locations, less than half the actual number of camps -- POW relief supply drops (4,470 tons) covered a total of 158 camp sites in Japan. The rail line was built along the Khwae Noi (Kwai) River valley to support the Japanese armed forces during the Burma Campaign. Kachidoki was torpedoed on 09/12/44 by USS Pampanito, 244 POWs died, the rest were eventually picked up by a Japanese whaling ship and landed ashore mainland Japan. The following are some examples of deaths that resulted from Allied military actions; 32 POWs of Kamaishi Branch Camp (Sendai No. More than 12,000 Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and tens of thousands of forced labourers perished during its construction. 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. 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. However, there are also cells in the prison which hold up to 5 people with a small toilet area. It was always rice, a liquid of some sort and some inedible meat. In 1918 she was acquired by the Johnstone Line of Liverpool, who renamed her Hartmore in 1920 and sold her in 1921 to the Anglo-Oriental Navigation Company (part of Yule Catto), Liverpool, who renamed her Sureway. With the lights of Japan in sight on 26th June 1944 one of the ships in the convoy exploded after being torpedoed by the US submarine USS Tang. Unknown to the Japanese, there was a radio secretly hidden by the POWs on the grounds, which provided them with news from the outside world. A type of military secret police, also largely responsible for counter-espionage activities. Two months later, he was transferred to a camp at Cabanatuan. Suga attended the official surrender of the Japanese forces in the Kuching area by their commander, Major-General Hiyoe Yamamura, onboard HMAS Kapunda on the 11th September 1945. These are unfortunately not as yet digitised and available online they require a visit from either the person searching or a researcher on your behalf, some spellings are incorrect, however, these are the listings directly from the National Archives register. Negotiations with the Japanese for an exchange of sick and wounded prisoners of war produced no result, but those for an exchange of civilians made possible two repatriation operations, one in 1942 and the other in 1943. Lance is lucky that he is not being held at, His mother, Debbie Caswell, who updates readers on a. support page, recently revealed that one of the prisoners walks on her sons back to help him cope with the pain he suffers from constantly sleeping on a hard surface. Up to 8,000 POWs were housed in this, the largest camp in the Philippines. 5 laws to watch out for in the Philippines. It was torpedoed and sunk 30 July 1945 by USS Sennet (SS-408) off Hokkaido. Eventually I discovered it was a grant from a charity back in London called Prisoners Abroad. These listings include the following specifics for each person: Name, first names, rank, serial number, date of capture, date of liberation, branch of the services & camp* -we will continue to add more information as we source it. Generally, the Japanese guards were responsible for providing rice and other ingredients for meals, and the POWs took turns preparing the food. 15 [Omori] left no doubt of their identity for our B-29 airmen, or the gratitude of the starving prisoners. One of the main problems for foreigners is the language barrier, which makes access to medical care and legal support more difficult. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Initially, there were Japanese language lessons for officers, at first compulsory, then voluntary. Japanese site - Covers Japanese camps only, accurate camp descriptions and a great deal of background information. It should be mentioned that they had the greatest difficulty in obtaining the necessary permits for each visit, that during the visit they had to refrain from all reference to humanitarian texts in order not to anger the Japanese authorities, and that the latter always regarded them with suspicion and ill-will. Besides returning with Japanese officials and other civilians, these ships carried back mail and relief supplies for Allied nationals held by the Japanese. British Army built, The Selerang Barracks were constructed between1936 - 1938 and used to house Australian POWs from 1942 onwards. A key theme in Debbies online pronouncements is religion and the support it offers both her and her son in what appears to be hellish situation. its the last stop. The room was big, but not big enough for the 70 people it held. The excellent ThaiVisa.com discussion forum reposts a 2004 Associated Press article about visiting prisoners . 1093710. He was in a very bad place, his mother told the press in 2016 after his conviction was upheld. Figures show that 17 are in jail on murder charges and 10 for drugs . Two torpedoes hit the hull of the ship which sank, killing several hundred American, Dutch and Filipino servicemen. Stopping off at one of the world's most notorious prisons may not seem an ideal holiday plan, but more travellers are visiting foreign prisoners at Thailand's high-security Bang Kwang jail. This article provides a list of prisons by country. We urge people to consider the unsanitary conditions, overcrowded cells and the constant threat of disease before they get involved in drugs. _L ]aQuV%^+[v`w`T[0Y?Zl.f5q^IYHm>_*WXB=5C4?AFdM$V8KeY=ZV^ADce_Gb=iDZ1OABh}[wK,NUcn$Ys'&>WX=fd5BkqE$Z/VVIigLA6FUWA6&koB:XXpJXW[kFt5$E.4+%=wN[XH }kvqX0=]n=n b+\O 6>q &F p There were Japanese civilian doctors or medical officers who came around the camps, or there were the POW medical officers in each camp who conducted treatment. Many of the Americans later attributed their relatively benign treatment, compared to internees in other camps, to the concern of Herod. Designed as a civilian cruise liner, in 1941 the ship became a troop transport for the Japanese Navy. The railway was started from both ends at more or less the same time with Australian POWs and Dutch internees being shipped to Burma also. Director: John Sturges | Stars: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson. <> 14 0 obj The Imperial Japanese Army ran all camps in the North, with the Japanese Navy controlling those in the south. The barracks buildings were overcrowded and many had to live in makeshift tents in the Square. Chief executive Pauline Crowe said: In many countries, men and women find themselves without access to food, clean water and the most basic of medical care. original documents on Thailand camps (RG 24 Box 6) - Report on camps by John Slaughter (Royal Norfolk Regiment), with maps; Swiss telegrams re USS Houston survivors, list of Ameri During the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines in World War II, Camp O'Donnell was the final stop of the Bataan Death March and was used as an internment camp for Filipino and American prisoners of war. 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. The railway had been surveyed in the 1900s by the British but the route was considered too difficult to construct due to the terrain of deep valleys and high mountains. She has been quoted as saying she would walk in there and take over her sons prison term if it was possible. She said this mental condition had led her son to become vulnerable to the influence of others. It is an ordeal and nightmare that nearly everyone can only imagine and certainly never wish to experience. The engines were rated at 475 hp (354 kW). In the North & Central areas around 3,200 men were incarcerated, with a party of 2,000 men being transported to Burma in May 1942. It might be a chickens head with the eyes intact, sometimes it was a snake. 1600+ British POWs arrived here on May 20th 1943 from a 300-mile march from Ban Pong. The amount of mail received varied greatly and almost inexplicably. Under the prison transfer agreement, Lance Whitmore will certainly be required to serve a very long spell in prison in the United Kingdom as he will still be serving the sentence imposed by the Thai courts according to Thai law not the laws in the United Kingdom. Davies, who had a labour contracting and helicopter servicing business in Thailand, was arrested in 1990 and accused of heroin dealing. What will new British PM Liz Truss do on LGBTQ+ issues? Two U.S. army nurses were among the internees. Such outrageous meals, in combination with rude guards and clogged toilets, often lead to different health and emotional problems. Deck space was also used for the prisoners. Also organised trips to Thailand twice a year. A complete roster for POWs transported on this ship can be found on the website www.lindavdahl.com. Took over 1000 Australian POWs from Changi POW camp Singapore (probably Selerang barracks as that was the Australian camp) sailing on 15th May 1942 for Belawan/Medan in northern Sumatra. She describes the whole journey, in one Facebook post, as the will of God which she and her son try to accept. A 6,886-ton freighter on October 24, 1944, Arisan Maru was transporting 1,781 US & Allied military and civilian POWs when she was hit by a torpedo strike from an American submarine at about 5 p.m. she finally sank about 7 p.m. Only nine of the prisoners aboard survived the event -five escaped and made their way to China in one of the ship's two lifeboats. The Junyo Maru had the worst death toll, 5,640 out of 6,520 POWs dying after the ship was sunk. At the Konan camp, some of the work was physically harder, such as stoking carbide furnaces. In the 1946 war crimes trial, they were reported to have been taken to a nearby cemetery, beheaded, and dumped into a mass grave. A Babar Ahmad Syed Talha Ahsan Haroon Rashid Aswat B Leo Baron Ernest Bethell Conrad Black Edith Bone Kamel Rabat Bouralha Lee Bradley Brown Mervyn Brown Carmel Budiardjo C Linda Carty Sheila Cassidy David Cecil (producer) Brian Charrington Harold Cole D Cosmas Desmond E El Shafee Elsheikh F Joshua French G John Edward Greaves Sandra Gregory Those who survived Outram Road displayed exceptional qualities of endurance, mental and emotional fortitude. 25/10/42 1100 British POWs taken to Takao, Taiwan from Singapore. During the Second World War Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, most of the Indian POWs captured in Hong Kong were interned at a POW Camp here. 1,(shipyard), Tokyo, Japan, JC /257 Kobi, (steelworks), Kawasaki, Tokyo Group, Japan, JC /262 Hakodate Camp, Hakodate Group, Japan, JC /263 Osaka HQ Camp, Osaka Group, Japan, JC /265 Kamo Camp, Fukuoka Group, Kyushu Island, Japan, JC /267 Amagasaki Camp, Osaka Camp, Otani Camp, Japan, JC /277 Kamaishi Camp, Sendai Group, Japan, JC /278 Asano, Garden Yama, Yokohama 13D,Tokyo Group, Japan, JC /282 Narumi 11th Sub Group, Nagoya Group, ( loco factory ), Japan, JC /287 Nagasaki 17, Omuta, Nagasaki Camp, Fukuoka Group, Japan, JC /289 Kamiso, Asano, ( cement factory ), Japan, JC /292 Yakoma Camp, Hakodate Group, Japan, JC /297 Ohama Camp, Hiroshima Group, Japan, JC /298 Funatsa 3rd Sub Group, Nagoya Group, Japan, JC /303 Shigahamyama Hospital, Sendai Group, Japan, JC /305 Nagoya 8B, Narumi, Nagoya Area, Japan, JC /306 Iruka Camp, Nagoya, Tokyo Group, Japan, JC /308 Sakarajima Camp, Osaka Group, Japan, JC /309 Hanawa Camp 6, Sendai Group, Japan, JC /312 Kamyoka Prison, Yokohama, Tokyo Group, Japan, JC /315 Ichioka Stadium, PoW Hospital, Osaka Group, Japan, JC /318 Mitsui Camp, Kawasaki, tokyo Group, Japan, JC /319 Sakata Camp, ( Sakota), Tokyo Group, Japan, JC /322 Ohashi Camp, Hakodate Group, Japan, JC /331 Military Police Station, Sapporo, Hokkadio, Japan, JC /334 Wakasena Camp 10D, Sendai Group, Japan, JC /335 Nagasaki Camp, Fukuoka Group, Japan, JC /336 Kosaka Camp, Sendai Group 8B, Japan, JC /339 Kosei Hospital, Gumichi, Hiroshima, JC /23 Glodok Prison, Gloocock Gaol, Batavia, Java, JC /69 Bicycle Battalion Barracks, Batavia, Java, JC/ 103 Kloet St., Sing Arari, Malang, Java, JC /105 10th Battalion Barracks, Malang, Java, JC /112 Tjilatjas Barracks Depot Camp, Java, JC /113 Bandoeng ( includes Depot Camp),LOG Kangsayo Camp, 13 Pow, 3 Camp, Java, JC /114 Jaarmarkt, Jacomantu, Soerabaya, Java, JC /120 St. Vincent's Hospital, Batavia, Java, JC /141 Koan Pentekoan School, Kampong Mocassa, Java, JC /177 Aalgemene Middelbaar Schoole, Batavia, Java, JC /208 Tjimali L-OG Camp,Tjimahi, Bandoeng, Java, JC /212 No. The four others were recaptured by Imperial Japanese naval vessels, where one died shortly after reaching land. The Japanese Army and POW Policies: White and Asian POWs by Aiko Utsumi, 2005. This applies to most Thai prisons and certainly Klong Prem. She was arrested after a flight from Thailand in May 2012 and accused of being at the centre of a drugs ring. Prisoners Abroads support helped me survive my time in a Thai prison. In 1944, the course of war began to change drastically, and it became clearer that Germany was losing the war. ), No. Charity no. And 13 are on death row in nine different countries for murder, terrorism . But he broke the law - one mistake nearly cost him his life during a 27 month prison sentence in a harsh Thai jail. A -Burma left Singapore on 14/5/42 Celebes Maru & disembarkedVictoria Point, in Burma. Up to 180,000 Asian labourers and 50,000 POWs were used in this construction, with around up to 90,000/13,000 - 16,000 respectively dying as a result. Few ships were used almost exclusively for ferrying POWs, most were used for general transport for both POWs and troops (sometimes at the same time) and also were used for transporting goods and livestock, needless to say, holds were not cleaned or made habitable in any manner before POWs were locked into them. 723 survivors were rescued only to be put to work in conditions similar to those of the Burma Railway where death was commonplace. Sailed from Singapore to Japan (Moji) on 28/11/42 with 557 POWs, some reports show the ship terminating at Nagasaki however on this voyage. The Embassy can facilitate the registration process with F- Thailand 7000 inF Force, left Changi for Thailand between 16-18 April 1943. Following the Japanese surrender in 1945, these roles were reversed and the former captors of WWII became POWS on Blakang Mati and were housed in the same barracks. There was once a Roman Catholic Chapel and also a small library consisting of books collected from some of the houses near the camps. After mid-1944 most POWs on the east coast area were based at Sungeigerung camp. At that time, his father, 56 year Russell Whitmore expressed his frustration at the fate of his son. While we all associate Thailand with crazy parties, Thai massages, pristine beaches, and lush forests, the truth is that the country has strict moral codes and regulations. endobj After the Japanese surrender, Argyle Street Camp became a centre for displaced people returning to Hong Kong. endobj All rights reserved. He is a sub editor with the Thai Examiner news website since it began in 2015. One significant point is that Lance and his family will not have pay the 3.3 million in fines originally imposed by the Thai court in 2015. Cofepow.org.uk is now making images of some original documentation and prisoner release/questionnaire forms. At one point, when Lance first arrived at Klong Prem, the young man was also reported to be suffering from chronic tooth decay from poor nourishment and stress. Prisoners in Japan, on the whole, fared better, especially those at Zentsuji (where one man received 80 letters), than men in the Dutch East Indies where the number seldom reached double figures. Dysentery became so prevalent among the children, and adults as well, that a small dispensary was set up in the barracks. According to the findings of the Tokyo Tribunal, the death rate of Western prisoners was 27.1%, seven times that of POWs under the Germans and Italians. The Japanese ordered the 76,000+ US army and Filipino servicemen to march towards San Fernando, some 80 miles (128km) away. After the war, Changi Gaol once again became a civilian prison, while the Changi military area was repaired and redeveloped for use by the British garrison. However, after several escapes by POW officers and Other Ranks from Shamshuipo, Argyle Street was re-opened in mid-1942 as an officers' camp. Located 4 km south (along the coast towards Singapore). The senior officer of the Japanese army commanding General Tomoyuki Yamashita was executed at Bilibid Prison in 1946 after being found guilty of allowing the murder of unarmed POWs. Listed as an Imperial Japanese Navy gunboat and also as a freighter by different sources: sunk on 12/1/44. By July the details of the agreement with the Japanese had been finalised for the exchange to take place at Loureno Marques, in Portuguese East Africa. Each prisoner was fed about one teacup of cooked rice twice daily and given a canteen full of dirty water once a day. 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.
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