On arrival at Mojio, the POWs were split & sent to Moji & Kobe camps. Although Japanese registers the majority of the information is given in English. In late August the Asama Maru reached Loureno Marques with some 800 civilians from Japan, South-East Asia and the Philippines, and within the following fortnight, the Tatura Maru and the Kamakura Maru arrived with a further 1000-odd from occupied China. On the average New Zealand page 351 next-of-kin waited 18 months for the first news of their prisoner or internee relative; the news even then was often only a card or a message over the Japanese-controlled radio. Left Bugu, Mindanao on 3rd October 1942 for Manila carrying 268 POWs from Camp Casisang, they were then transferred to Bilibid prison. He revealed that he traveled regularly to the prison to bring his son food and expressed himself worried about his sons physical and mental condition. On 12 February 1942, the merchant ship Vyner Brooke left Singapore just before the city fell to the Imperial Japanese Army. There were three kinds of camps; branch, detached and dispatched camps. The two camps were only separated by a small river/canal with a bridge built across it. Brazil. Deck space was also used for the prisoners. RELATED: Tourists Face 10 Years In Prison For Vandalising Ancient Wall In Thailand. Changi Gaol was scheduled for demolition in the second half of 2004, although the original entrance gate and a section of the outer wall were preserved as a memorial. Incarcerated tourists often face shocking situations and poor living conditions. Its not a secret that female prisoners across the globe face some unique challenges. This ship was used for several POW voyages including the delivery of Fepows to Fukuoka camp via the port of Moji in 1942/3. This is the reality for more than 15,000 foreigners from over 100 countries, as of 2020. Arrived at Moji in Japan where POWs were sent onto Taisho sub-camp, one of a group of camps around Osaka and Kobe. When it was attacked and sunk on September 18, 1944, by Tradewind, the Junyo Maru was packed with 1,377 Dutch, 64 British and Australian, and 8 American prisoners of war along with 4,200 Javanese slave labourers (Romushas) bound for work on the railway line being built between Pakan Baru and Muaro in Sumatra. There were many deaths, and the men were buried just outside the camp near the vegetable gardens of the Argyle Street Camp immediately on the other side of Argyle Street. Corporal Breavington made a plea to the Japanese officers to execute him alone but was rejected. 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). The captain of the ship, Shin Kajiyama, was acquitted, "as he had no chance to prevent any atrocities". 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 following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total. 14) by an air raid and seven were killed by the A-Bomb in Nagasaki Mitsubishi Ship-Building Branch Camp (Fukuoka No. 9 0 obj Hello travellers, when your sick of the temples, markets and bars try the following;- get up early and catch an express boat to nonthaburi, the boats have big orange flags and the trip from khao san area takes approx 50 minutes. About 270 died aboard the ship, from suffocation or dehydration or were killed in the attack or from drowning while escaping the sinking ship. Maebashi Maru (AKA Maybashi/Maebassi maru), Mati Mati Maru (AKA Matti Matti Maru, Canadian Inventor). British Army built, The Selerang Barracks were constructed between1936 - 1938 and used to house Australian POWs from 1942 onwards. She was deliberately scuttled by the Dutch to prevent her from falling into enemy hands but the Japanese refloated and salvaged her in 1942. It was only two years into Lances prison term at Klong Prem prison had begun and the loving father had hoped that the sentence would be reduced. Conditions at Camp Holmes were much better. D- Thailand 5000 powsleft Changi for Bampong in four groups between 14 and 18 March 1943. 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. Both prisoners had their sentences confirmed by the Thai Appeals Court in September 2016 when they both appeared before the court shackled together. This is the reality for more than 15,000 foreigners from over 100 countries, as of 2020. Sanitary facilities consisted of four 5-gallon buckets which were grossly inadequate. In the end, 687 Allied prisoners were killed along with forty-seven Japanese, only eighty-two Americans survived. Two British prisoners including 'drug dealer' sent home from Thailand do NOT have coronavirus, tests confirm. 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. Sailed back from Manila to Japan on 20/9/44 with 1289 POWs. Once a day, youd be given a meal. <> The other countries holding UK citizens are Bangladesh, India, Thailand, the UAE, St Kitts and Nevis and the United States. They sent me books and newspapers, and these made such a difference. He was really dead. The Cabanatuan prison camp was named after the nearby city of 50,000 people (locals also called it Camp Pangatian, after a small nearby village). Often used for staging POWs up and down the railways' line, the hospital was a base from November in 1942 until April in 1944. Inatsuki (Yamano) Branch Camp (Fukuoka 8-B), Osarisawa (Hanawa) Branch Camp (Sendai 6-B), Hiraoka (Mitsushima) Branch Camp (Tokyo 12-B), Kumamoto Branch Camp and Fukuoka Branch Camp (Fukuoka 1-B), Kawasaki Ogimachi Branch Camp (Tokyo 2-B) (aka The Mitsui Madhouse), Nagasaki Mitsubishi Dockyard Branch Camp (Fukuoka 14-B), Fushiki Hokkai Electro-Chemical Branch Camp (Nagoya 6-D), Toyama Nippon Soda Branch Camp (Nagoya 7-D), Toyama Tateyama Heavy Industry Branch Camp (Nagoya 8-D), Toyama Nippon Express Branch Camp (Nagoya 9-D), Fushiki Sea and Land Transportation Branch Camp (Nagoya 10-D), Toyama Nippon Soda Iwase Ironworks Branch Camp (Nagoya 11-D), Niigata Sea and Land Transportation Branch Camp (Tokyo 5-B), Niihama Isoura Branch Camp (Hiroshima 2-B), Nishi Ashibetsu Branch Camp (Hakodate 4-B), Yakumo Detached Camp (Hakodate 1-Detached), Yamashita Camp see Yokohama Ship Loading Dispatched Camp (Tokyo 19-D), Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Yokohama Ship-building Dispatched Camp (Tokyo 1-D), Nippon Steel Tube Tsurumi Ship-building Dispatched Camp (Tokyo 3-D), Osaka Ship-building Yokohama Dispatched Camp (Tokyo 10-D), Nippon Steel Tube Asano Ship-building Dispatched Camp (Tokyo 13-D), Yokohama Proof-brick Dispatched Camp (Tokyo 18-D), Yokohama Ship Loading Dispatched Camp (Tokyo 19-D), Zentsuji Headquarters Camp & Zentsuji Subcamp 3 (Hiroshima area POW Camp). 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. While hundreds of these POWs were not considered a threat by the Japanese and were used as 'guards' at Gun Club Hill Barracks and other areas, 500-600 Indian soldiers considered anti-Japanese were held at Ma Tau Chung in very unpleasant circumstances. To-151 Kamioka Prison (Gummyoji) Yokohama. At Sandakan and Ranau and Brunei, North Borneo, batches of prisoners in fifties and sixties were marched out to dig their graves, then shot or bayoneted and pushed into the graves, many before they were dead. <> Departed from manila on 1/10/42 destination and cargo unknown. _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 Conditions in Thai prisons are some of the world's most notorious. POWs never left the ship until September 2, 1944. In some camps, they had bread once a day. This turned out to be the tipping point as the move would endanger the lives of gravely ill patients and also lead to the spread of diseases. We add around 200,000 new records each month. There is no accurate total number for the number of deaths on this march although estimates range from 5,000-10,000 Filipinos and 650 US troops. THAILAND_POW_Camps_rosters (WO 361-2171) - Numerous . Later still, it was a camp for refugees reaching Hong Kong from other parts of South East Asia. Changi and sailed from Singapore for Japan on 26 April 1943 on the. When I dared to look again, my worst thoughts were confirmed. He said his son had witnessed two stabbings and an attempted rape up to that point while imprisoned there. 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. (Indeed, there were such orders as has been found later, to execute all POWs if invasions were feared). Unlike weapons and supply transports (which were sometimes marked as Red Cross ships), these prisoner transports were unmarked and were targeted by Allied submarines and aircraft very often the majority of these ships were sunk by the end of the war. Bang Kwang is one of the most feared prisons in Thailand housing inmates sentenced to long periods in prison from 30 years to a full life sentence. Almost all POWs captured in the immediate area of the Philippines passed through this camp as a major transit hub. Changi prison. In 1944 the officers were moved instead to Camp 'N' at Shamshuipo, and the Indian POWs from Ma Tau Chung Camp took up residence. 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. Dysentery became so prevalent among the children, and adults as well, that a small dispensary was set up in the barracks. This extract courtesy of The New Zealand Historical publications branch: In their negotiations with the Japanese through neutral channels, the Allied authorities never ceased trying to obtain from the full information concerning the Allied nationals in their hands, regular facilities for the sending of relief supplies and mail, and permission for neutral inspectors to visit prisoner-of-war and internment camps. Sailed from Hong Kong to Japan on 17/9/42 but sunk in the south china sea on 2/10/42 with 977 survivors from the original 1816 POWs. Lieutenant-Colonel Tatsuji Suga (born 22nd September 1885) was the commander of all prisoner-of-war and civilian internment camps in Borneo. "On some occasions there were 24 of us in a cell of 26 sq metres and on a couple of occasions the guy beside me died," he said. 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. They were forced to engage in the hard labour of constructing railways, roads, airfields, etc. This was theKempeitai (Japanese military/secret police) centre for hard labour, torture and execution. 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. Used as a POW & Internment camp between April 1942 and June 1944. Sailed from Manila to Takao, Taiwan via Hong Kong on 3/10/44 arriving on 11/11/44 with 1100 POWs on board. Prison meals in Thailand consist of unidentifiable vegetables and rotting meat. An industrial area halfway between Medan and Pulo Berayan. The process of international prison transfers is overseen by Thai authorities and a special committee involving representatives of the judiciary, justice ministry, the Thai police, the Thai Attorney General as well as the Thai Department of Corrections. Camp, Hosokura, Hakodate Group, Japan, JC /207 Nishin, Nishiro, Tokyo Group,Kawasaki, Japan, JC /209 Shinagawa Camp, Tokyo Group, Japan, JC /221 Yawata No. Other offenders who have been transferred from Thailand in recent years have been held at Wandsworth prison in London which is a category B prison and the largest prison in the country. At the end of the war, the Japanese Armed Forces destroyed all documents related to the POW Camps. Davies, who had a labour contracting and helicopter servicing business in Thailand, was arrested in 1990 and accused of heroin dealing. For most of the war, Changi was one of the least brutal Japanese prisoner-of-war camps, particularly compared to those on BurmaThailand railway. The remaining prisoners were then transported by train to La Union. endobj (Khwae Yai). In January 1942 it was emptied, with the POWs moving to Shamshuipo, North Point, and Ma Tau Chung Camps. Sailed from Guam 10/1/42 to an unspecified port in Japan arriving on 15/1/42 carrying 800 POWs. <> Ireland had 222 British offenders in jail, while Australia housed 144. At least, prison yoga is available to free the mind and ease the pain. The Weihsien Compound (Shandong) (Civilian only), Lunghua Civilian Assembly Centre (Shanghai). One of the other Americans was USMC Lt. who had organized the escape. Sometimes those soldiers in charge of guarding the prisoners around the camp and the work site were dispatched from a nearby regiment or other units. The cell floor resembled a mass grave, with arms and legs all over each other. A Kempeitai Prison rather than a fully fledged POW camp, located in Rabaul town itself. The POWs declined offers to blindfold. The ship was later part of a convoy sailing on 3rd June 1944 from Batavia, Java towards Japan with 772 Australian, British and American prisoners of war on board. Lances mother is deeply committed and devoted to her son as is his father. 2nd Amnesty Announced. 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MALAYA British deaths (some Dutch) (RG 407 Box 174) - Unreported Deaths of Allied Personnel. In those camps, which had no such facilities, POWs were allowed to shop in the neighbourhoods near the camps under the supervision of the Japanese guards. The river was renamed the Kwai-Yai in the 1960s after the film, the rivers name in WWII was the Mae Klong. These are less than 5 ft wide and 10.5 ft long. It consisted of five large and three small family barracks also called hongs. The kempeitai were the military police of the Japanese Imperial army during World War II. The basic menu was a bowl of rice, a cup of miso soup, and some pickles. Even though one of Thailand's prisons, Bang Kwang in Bangkok, is sarcastically referred to as the Bangkok Hilton, the truth is that prison cells are no five-star hotels. Some POWs testified that they had never received any pay in any form. In contrast, the IRCC was not given access to camps in South-East Asia where conditions were far worse and frequently appalling. The Allied governments began negotiations for a second exchange almost immediately, but only the United States and Canada succeeded in reaching an agreement with the Japanese authorities. We apologise unreservedly for any omissions or errors found. He was found guilty for ordering the execution of the four POWs and on 7th April 1946, he was executed, by shooting, at the same spot where the four POWs died. *The so-called'INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY',was an armed force formedto secure Indian independence with Japaneseassistance and was largely, at this time, composed of ex Indian (British) army soldiers captured with the other commonwealth troops. Thus, in addition to the seven main camps, there were 81 branch camps and three detached camps at the end of the war. Despite the physical support they were giving me, the pressure of life inside had quite an effect on my mental health. And 13 are on death row in nine different countries for murder, terrorism . Forces and returned to the United States. Record of Management of Prisoners of War, Japan Prisoner of War Bureau. All of the main camps except Arbeitsdorf, Herzogenbusch, Niederhagen, Kauen, Kaiserwald, and Vaivara (1937 borders). 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. Mark Rumble, 31, was extradited back to the UK from Thailand on January 27 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. She was arrested after a flight from Thailand in May 2012 and accused of being at the centre of a drugs ring. 723 survivors were rescued only to be put to work in conditions similar to those of the Burma Railway where death was commonplace. x[nF}#YT_ 'uEi,% dW @V3;sxx|\%^ *O|QU/** It is interesting to note the suffix Maru this was a common addition to ships name meaning beloved and was intended to protect the ships from exterior harm. One New Zealander who worked on the BurmaThailand railway received 126 letters, another only three. Sailed from Surabaya, Java 22/04/43 to Ambon/ Ceram/ Haruku arriving 04/5/43 with 1071 POWs. Torpedoed by USS Seahorse the next day on 21/1/44. Even an unintentional insult to the Royal Family can send people to prison, and many tourists learn this the hard way. In April 1945, the camp military districts were reorganized and three new POW Camps were established in Sendai, Nagoya, and Hiroshima. WO356 and WO357 both cover war crimes by the Imperial Japanese army and navy. G-Japan leftChangi and sailed from Singapore for Japan on 26 April 1943 on theKyokko Maru. b "&*X( "One minute the person would be in the cell with you and the next they would be gone, although they have changed now to lethal injections. Left Singapore carrying 525 POWs 23/12/44 and arrived Moji Japan 13/01/45. The Changi Peninsula had been the British Army's principal base area in Singapore. Prisoners experienced severe mistreatment, and several deaths occurred. When in their cells, prisoners have only one square meter instead of four-six meters as recommended by the Council of Europe. -U|:9x|D')N SDdY{| dt(AMLFp&=L7s2{q$0DdIPPgQ0r(Xq}8G}Z"U0yMPu\^$tk>$i11* 'ndmME!@+ahfDP$N&%N? A famed legal drug entrepreneur and multi millionaire from New Zealand recently died within a Thai Prison while being held for immigration offences. It left Manila on 13 December 1944 and over the next two days was bombed and strafed by American planes. Escapes among Caucasian prisoners were almost impossible because of the difficulty of men of Caucasian descent hiding in Asiatic societies, nearly all of those who attempted to escape were executed in front of their fellow POWs upon recapture, in some camps a further 10 POWs were also executed as a reprisal for the escape attempt. Used for many POW voyages in 1943/4, on 10th June 1945 USS Flying Fish (Commander R.D. There are also several records of the civilian internees kept at the Changi Museum's website. The camp was in existence until May 31st 1944 when military prisoners were transferred to Changi prison, while the remaining 3500 civilians were moved to Sime Road Camp. It is an ordeal and nightmare that nearly everyone can only imagine and certainly never wish to experience. 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. The camp commandants often refused to reply to questions put to them. As prisoners tried to escape the flames they were then bayoneted or shot down. 17 0 obj Id lost touch with my family back in the UK: I couldnt ask them to support me I began to feel so isolated. There are some RAF Nominal Rolls from Changi which were made in 1944 from the National Archives reference AIR 40/1899, these are very fragile and seem to be falling apart, unfortunately. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. "The conditions could be so dirty that I had a small cut on my foot which got infected with tap water and swelled up to twice the size so they thought they might have to amputate.". Only in 1944 were the agents of the International Red Cross Committee in Singapore and the Swiss Consul in Bangkok able to work openly and effectively as distributors of Red Cross relief supplies. They were joined there by 300 Chinese internees. Suga was based at Batu Lintang internment camp, although he was usually elsewhere at the other POW camps under his jurisdiction. 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). But he broke the law - one mistake nearly cost him his life during a 27 month prison sentence in a harsh Thai jail. 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