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POW Camps outside Japan Proper

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Chosen (Korea) POW Camp

Camp Location Duration Commandant Note
Main Camp Keijo (Seoul) 1942-09-25
/1945-08-15
Colonel Noguchi (from 1942-07) POWs worked at Chosen Gunso Rikugun Sohko (Army warehouse forwarding supplies to Chosen Army).
No.1 Branch Camp Jinsen (Inchon) 1942-09-25
/1945-08-15
POWs worked at Kowan Shuko Senbaikyoku (Ports and Harbors Establishment and Maintenance Monopoly Bureau).
No.1 Dispatched Camp Kohnan 1943-09-13
/1945-08-15
POWs worked at Nippon Chisso Kohnan Kojo (Nippon Chisso Kohnan Factory).

<Reference> "Records on the treatment of POWs" by POW Information Bureau.

Hoten (Mukuden) POW Camp

Camp Location Duration Commandant Note
Main Camp Hoten (Mukden) 1942-11-11
/1945-08-15
Colonel Matsuda (from 1943-01) POWs worked at Manshu Kosaku Kikai (MKK, Manchurian Machine-Tool Company) and Takai Tekko (Takai Ironworks).
No.1 dispatched Camp Hoten (Mukden) 1944-05-02
/1945-08-15
POWs worked Manshu Hikaku (Manchurian Leather Company).
No.2 Dispatched Camp Hoten (Mukden) 1944-06-24
/1945-08-15
POWs worked Manshu Hanpu (Manchurian Sailcloth Company).
No.3 Dispatched Camp Hoten (Mukden) 1944-08-15
/1945-08-15
POWs worked at Nakayama Seikousho (steel mill) and Toyo Seizai (saw mill).
No.1 Branch Camp Zheng Jiatun 1944-10-14
/1945-05-21
No.2 Branch Camp Hsian 1944-12-01
/1945-08-15
High lanking officers were interned.

<Reference> "Records on the treatment of POWs" by POW Information Bureau.

Shanghai POW Camp

Camp Location Duration Commandant
Shanghai POW Camp Shanghai 1942-01-24
/1945-08-15
1) Colonel Yunose
(from 1942-02)
2) Colonel Ootera
(from 1942-10)
Toyonaka? POW Camp 1945-05-09
/1945-08-15

<Reference> "Records on the treatment of POWs" by POW Information Bureau.

Taiwan POW Camp

Camp Location Duration Commandant Note
Main Camp Daichoku (Dazhi), Taihoku (Taipei) City 1942-07-17
/1945-08-15
1) Colonel Junichi Nakano (from 1942-07)
2) Colonel Hideo Sazawa (from 1943-06)
3) Major Taichi Uete(from 1945-03)
POWs were engaged in civil engineering of the outer garden of Taiwan Shrine and construction of the railway.
No.1 Branch Camp Kinkaseki (Jingash) Mine, east suburb of Keelung (Jilong)
>>1945-05-16 Shinten-sho (Xindian)
1942-07-17
/1945-08-15
POWs were engaged in mining copper ore etc.
No.2 Branch Camp Taichu (Taizhong) City 1942-07-17
/1945-04-12
POWs were engaged in bank protection works at Daikoukei.
No.3 Branch Camp Heito (Pingdong) City 1942-07-17
/1945-03-15
POWs worked in the sugar cane farm of Taiwan Sugar Refining Company.
No.4 Branch Camp Krenko (Hualian)
>>1943-06-07 Shirakawa (Baihe), south suburb of Kagi (Chayi) City
1942-07-17
/1945-08-15
There were only officers.
No.5 Branch Camp Gyokuri (Yuli)
>>1943-06-15 Mokusaku (Muzha), Taihoku (Taipei) City
1943-04-02
/1945-01-22
There were only officers.
No.6 Branch Camp Daichoku (Dazhi), Taihoku (Taipei) City 1943-08
/1945-08-15
Independently operated collocating in the Main Camp.
Toroku (Toulin) Temporal Branch Camp Toroku (Toulin) 1944-11-06
/1945-03-05
Inrin (Yuanlin) Temporal Branch Camp Inrin (Yaunlin) 1944-11-06
/1945-06

<Reference> "Records on the treatment of POWs" by POW Information Bureau

Hong Kong POW Camp

Camp Location Duration Commandant Note
Main Camp 1942-01-07
/1945-08-15
Colonel Tokunaga
(from 1942-01)
Sham Shui Po Camp
>>No.1 Branch Camp
>>Caucasian Camp
Sham Shui Po, Kowloon 1942-01-07
/1945-08-15
Established as Sham Shui Po Camp on 1942-01-07. Reorganized as No.1 Branch on 1942-08-14. Reorganized as Caucasian Camp on 1944-06-06.
The 1st Branch Hospital (Military Hospital)
>>No.1 Detached Camp
>>Attached Ward to the Caucasian Camp
Bowen Road, Hong Kong Island 1942-01-07
/1945-08-15
Established as the 1st Branch Hospital(Military Hospital) on 1942-01-07.
Reprganized as No.1 Detached Camp on 1942-08-14.
Reorganized as Attached Ward to the Caucasian Camp on 1944-06-06.
Kogunei (Gu Jun Ei?) Indian Camp
>>No.2 Branch Camp
>>Indian Camp
Kogunei (Gu Jun Ei?) 1942-01-07
/1945-08-15
Established as Kogunei (Gu Jun Ei?) Indian Camp on 1942-01-07.
Reorganized as No.2 Branch Camp on 1942-08-14.
Reorganized as Indian Camp on 1944-06-06.
The 2nd Branch Hospital
>>No.2 Detached Camp
>>Attached Ward to the Indian Camp
1942-01-07
/1945-08-15
Established as as the 2nd Branch Hospital on 1942-01-07.
Reorganized as No.2 Detached Camp on 1942-08-14.
Reorganized as Attached Ward to the Indian Camp on 1944-06-06.
Hong Kong Island Camp
>>No.3 Branch Camp
North Point, Hong Kong Island 1942-01-07
/1942-09-26
Established as Hong Kong Island (Caucasian) Camp on 1942-01-07.
Reorganized as No.3 Branch Camp on 1942-08-14.
Kogunei (Gu Jun Ei?) South Indian Camp
>>No.4 Branch Camp
>>No.3 Branch Camp
Kogunei (Gu Jun Ei?) South 1942-01-07
/1944-05-24
Established as Kogunei (Gu Jun Ei?) South Indian Camp on 1942-01-07. No.4 Branch Camp on 1942-08-14. Reorganized as No. 3 Branch Camp on 1942-09-26 Transferred under the jurisdiction of the Main Camp on 1943-07-01.
Cox Road Indian Training Camp
>>No.5 Branch Camp
Cox Road, Kowloon 1942-01-07
/1942-09-26
Established as Cox Road Indian Training Camp on 1942-01-07.
Reorganized as No.5 Branch Camp on 1942-08-14.
St. Albert Convent Camp Hong Kong Island 1942-01-07
/1942-02-16
Alias Rosemarie Hill
St. Teressa Hospital 1942-01-07
/1942-08-12
Stanley Prison Hong Kong Island 1942-01-07
/1942-03-7

<Reference> "Records on the treatment of POWs" by POW Information Bureau

Thailand POW Camp

Camp Location Duration Note
Main Camp 1942-08-15 Ban Pong
>>1943-05-17 Kanchanaburi
>>1944-11 The Muang
>>1945-03 Bangkok
1942-08-15
/1945-08-15
Major General Akira Sasa
(from 1942-06)
Colonel Shizuo Nakamura
(from 1943-06-22)
Colonel Iju Sugasawa
(from 1944-07-24)
No.1 Branch Camp 1942-08-16 Nonpladuk
>>1943-05-17 Kanchanaburi
>>1943-11-25 Renamed as Headquarter of Detached Camps of Main Camp
1942-08-16
/1943-11-25
No.1 Branch Camp 1943 Hindato (Former No.6 Branch Camp)
>>1944-02-15 Ubon Ratchathari
1943-XX
/1945-08-15
Established as No.6 Branch camp at Kinsai Yoku on 1943-01-21.
Moved to Hindato on 1943-03. Renamed as No.1 Branch Camp in 1943.
No.2 Branch Camp 1942-08-16 Chongkai
>>1943-03 Tharmakham
>>1944-03 Chongkai
>>1944-08 Tharmakham
>>1945-01 Chongkai
1942-08-16
/1945-08-15
No.3 Branch Camp 1942-08-16 Thambyuzayat
>>1943-09 Mezali
>>1944-01 Anganan
>>1944-04 Tharmakham
1942-08-16
/1944-8
No.4 Branch Camp 1942-10 Wan Yai
>>1944-05 The Muang
1942-10
/1945-08-15
No.5 Branch Camp 1943-01-25 Thambyuzayat
>>1943-04 Apalon
>>1943-10 Candaw
>>1943-12 Closed and merged into No.3 Branch Camp
1943-01-25
/1943-12
No.6 Branch Camp 1943-01-21 Kinsai Yoku
>>1943-03 Hindato
>>1943 Renamed as No.1 Branch Camp
1943-01-21
/1943-XX
No.7 Branch Camp Kanchanaburi 1944-09-01
/1945-08-15
Established as No.3 Detached Camp on 1944-03-28.
Renamed as No.7 Branch Camp on 1944-09-01.
No.8 Branch Camp Saigon
(French Indochina)
1944-09-01
/1945-08-15
Established as No.1 Detached Camp on 1942-09-01.
Renamed as No.8 Branch Camp on 1944-09-01.
No.9 Branch Camp Phetchaburi 1945-02-02
/1945-08-15
No.10 Branch Camp 1945-02-09 Long Thanh
(French Indochina)
>>1945-05 Lianga
(French Indochina)
1945-02-09
/1945-08-15
Headquarter of Detached Camps of Main Camp 1943-11-25 Nonpladuk
>>1944-03-28 Transferred into No.3 Detached Camp and No.4 Detached Camp
1943-11-25
/1944-03-28
Established as No.1 Branch Camp on 1942-08-16.
Moved to Kanchanaburi on 1943-05-17.
Reorganized as Headquarter of Detached Camps of Main Camp on 1943-11-25.
Transferred into No.3 Detached Camp and No.4 Detached Camp on 1944-03-28.
No.1 Detached Camp 1942-09-21 Saigon
(French Indochina)
>>1944-09-01 Renamed as No.8 Branch Camp
1942-09-21
/1944-09-1
No.2 Detached Camp Hanoi
(French Indochina)
1942-09-21
/1942-11-13
No.2 Detached Camp 1944-03 Ben Han?
>>1944-07 Lamphun
1944-03
/1945-08-15
No.3 Detached Camp 1944-03-28 Kanchanaburi
>>1944-09-01 Renamed as No.7 Branch Camp
1944-03-28
/1944-09-01
No.4 Detached Camp 1944-03-28 Nonpladuk
>>1944-09-01 Closed and merged into No.1 Branch Camp
1944-03-28
/1944-09-01
No.5 Detached Camp 1944-05 Apalon
>>1944-09-01 Closed and merged into No.1 Branch Camp
1944-05
/1944-09-01
No.5 Detached Camp 1945-03-18 Nakhon Nayok 1945-03-18
/1945-08-15
No.6 Detached Camp 1944-05 Apalon
>>1944-09-01 Closed and merged into No.1 Branch Camp
1944-05
/1944-09-01
No.6 Detached Camp 1945-06 Bankok 1945-06
/1945-08-15
Kanchanaburi Ward Kanchanaburi 1942-12
/1943-03
Nakhon Pathom Ward Nakhon Pathom 1944-12
/1945-08-15
Bankok Indian Special Labor Unit Camp Bankok 1943-01
/1944-10
Don Muang Indian Special Labor Unit Camp Don Muang 1943-03-01
/1945-08-15
Hanoi Indian Special Labor Unit Camp Hanoi
(French Indochina)
1943-03-01
/1945-08-15
Hanoi Indian Special Labor Unit Camp Hanoi
(French Indochina)
1943-03-01
/1944-01
Saigon Indian Special Labor Unit Camp Saigon
(French Indochina)
1943-06
/1945-08-15
Tourane Indian Special Labor Unit Camp Tourane
(French Indochina, Da Nang)
1943-06
/1945-08-15

<Reference> "Records on the treatment of POWs" by POW Information Bureau.
*With regard to the Situation on the POW Camps in Thailand as of June 1943, refer to "Thailand POW Camps (As of June 1943)."

Thailand POW Camp (As of June 1943)

Camp Location Distance from Nong Pladuk
(except Anganan and Payathonzu)
Commandant Number
of POWs
Note
Main Camp Bangkok 1) Major General Akira Sasa
(from 1942-06)
2) Colonel Shizuo Nakamura
(from 1943-06-22)
3) Colonel Iju Sugasawa
(from 1944-07-24)
48,296
No.1 Detached Camp of Main Camp Saigon
No.1 Branch Camp Nong Pladuk 0km Lt. Colonel Ishii 8,545
Headquarter of No.1 Branch Camp Kanchanaburi 50km 3,180
No.1 Detached Camp of No.1 Branch Camp Nong Pladuk 0km 1,651
No.2 Detached Camp of No.1 Branch Camp Kinsai Yoku 160km 2,412
No.3 Detached Camp of No.1 Branch Camp Wang Po 110km 1,302
No.2 Branch Camp Chongkai Lt. Colonel Shoichi Yanagida 8,795
Headquarter of No.2 Branch Camp Tarkanoon 200km 2,580
No.1 Detached Camp of No.2 Branch Camp 203km 1,109
No.2 Detached Camp of No.2 Branch Camp 211km 5,106
No.3 Branch Camp Thambyzayat Lt. Colonel Nagatomo 9,368
Anganan Detached Camp of No.3 Branch Camp Anganan From Thambyzayat 108km 3,302
Payathonzu Detached No.3 Branch Camp Payathonzu From Thambyzayat 105km 6,066
No.4 Branch Camp Wan Yai 120km Lt. Colonel Sotomatsu Chida 12,609
Headquarter of No.4 Branch Camp Wan Yai 120km 3,308
No.2 Detached Camp of No.4 Branch Camp Tonchan 130km 3,011
No.3 Detached Camp of No.4 Branch Camp Kinsai Yoku 160km 2,339
No.4 Detached Camp of No.4 Branch Camp Hintoku 153km 1,087
No.5 Branch Camp Captain Tougorou Mizutani 1,916 Transferred from Java in 1942-11
No.1 Detached Camp of No.5 Branch Camp 100km 1,916
No.6 Branch Camp Major Yoshitaro Ebisu 7,063 Transferred from Java in 1943-05
Headquarter of No.6 Branch Camp Hindato 188km 3,778
No.1 Detached Camp of No.6 Branch Camp Kuiie 174km 1,551
No.2 Detached Camp of No.6 Branch Camp Prankassi? 190km 864
No.3 Detached Camp of No.6 Branch Camp Bangan? 198km 936
*Besides the above, there were following camps by jurisdiction of Malay POW Camp along the Thai-Burma Railway.
On the part of Thailand
Hachisuka Branch Camp
(No.5 Branch Camp of Malay POW Camp was moved)
100-175km 3,000
On the part of Burma
Banno Branch Camp
(No.4 Branch Camp of Malay POW camp was moved)
7,000 F Force

<Reference> "Nihon-gun no Horyo Seisaku (The Japanese Army's Policy on POWs)" by Aiko Utsumi, 2005, Aoki-Shoten
*With regard to the situation on the POW camps in Thailand throughout the duration, refer to "Thailand POW Camps."

Phillippine POW Camp

Camp Location Duration Commandant Note
Main Camp Manila 1942-08-01
/1945-02-03
1) Major General Iichiro Morimoto
2) Major General Kou Shiyoku
3) Lt. Colonel Juichiro Hayashi
4) Major Takahashi
No.1 Branch Camp Cabanatuan 1942-08-01
/1945-01-30
1) Major Iwanaka POWs were liberated on 1945-01-30.
No.2 Branch Camp Davao 1942-10-15
/1944-08-20
Major Kazuo Maeda
Bilibid POW Hospital Bilibid 1942-08-04
/1945-02-03
O'Donnel POW Camp Manila 1942-08-01
/1943-01-25
Phillippine.
Phillippine POW Camp 1943-01-25
/1944-08
Phillippine.
No.1 Detached Camp Tarlac 1942-08-01
/1942-08-11

<Reference> "Records on the treatment of POWs" by POW Information Bureau.
"Nihon-gun no Horyo Seisaku (The Japanese Army's Policy on POWs)" by Aiko Utsumi, 2005, Aoki-Shoten.

Malay POW Camp

Camp Location Duration Commandant Note
Main Camp Changi,
Singapore
1942-08-15
/1945-08-15
1) Major General Fukue
(from 1942-06-01)
2) Major General Arimura
(from 1942-12-01)
3) Major General Saito
(from 1944-03-01)
No.1 Branch Camp 1942-08-15
Medan, Sumatra
>>1944-06
Pekanbaru, Sumatra
1942-08-15
/1945-08-15
Lt. Colonel Banno Caucasian
No.2 Branch Camp Palembang, Sumatra 1942-08-15
/1945-08-15
Major Matsudaira Caucasian
No.3 Branch Camp Yaw Chu Kang Road?,
Singapore
1942-12-01
/1945-08-15
Indian
Merged with No.2 Detached Camp on 1943-04-16.
No.4 Branch Camp
(Banno Branch Camp)
1943-04-05
Tamuron Patu, Thailand
>>1943-07
Niike, Thailand
1943-04-05
/1943-12-30
Lt. Colonel Banno F Force 7,000 men
No.4 Branch Camp Rangoon, Burma 1944-07
/1945-04-29
Renamed as No.4 Branch Camp in 1944-07.
No.5 Branch Camp
(Hachisuka Branch Camp)
1943-05
Kinsai Yoku, Thailand
>>1943-09
Kanchanaburi
1943-05
/1943-12-23
3,000 men
No.6 Branch Camp Rangoon, Burma 1944-03-15
/1944-07-01
Renamed as No.4 Branch Camp on 1944-07-01.
No.1 Detached Camp Changi,
Singapore
1942-11-01
/1945-08-15
No.1 Detached Camp Kuala Lumpur 1942-08-15
/1942-10-15
No.2 Detached Camp Alkaff Island,
Singapore
1942-08-15
/1943-04-16
Established as Caucasian Camp on 1942-08-15.
Reorganized as Indian Camp in 1942-12.
Merged to No.3 Branch Camp on 1943-04-16.
No.2 Detached Camp Port Dicson 1943-09-01
/1945-08-15
(Established as Detachment in 1943-01.
Renamed as No.5 Detached Camp on 1943-10-25.)
Renamed as No.2 Detached Camp on 1944-09-01.
No.3 Detached Camp River Valley Road,
Singapore
1942-08-15
/1944-04-16
Established as Caucasian camp on 1942-08-15.
Reorganized as Indian Camp in 1942-12.
No.4 Detached Camp Adams Park,
Singapore?
No.5 Detached Camp Port Dicson 1943-10-25
/1944-09-01
(Established as Detachment in 1943-01.)
Renamed as No.5 Detached Camp on 1943-10-25.
Renamed as No.2 Detached Camp on 1944-09-01.
Singapore Patient Receiving Station Singapore 1944-04
/1945-08-15
Dispatched to International Unit
(Caucasian)
1942-09
/1945-08-15
Caucasian
Dispatched to International Unit
(Indian)
1942-12
/1945-08-15
Indian
Dispatched to Malay Unit
(Indian)
1943-01
/1945-08-15
Indian
Dispatched to Sumatra Unit
(Indian)
1943-01
/1945-08-15
Indian
Dispatched to Thailand Unit
(Caucasian)
1943-06
/1945-03
Caucasian
Dispatched to Thailand Unit
(Indian)
1943-09
/1945-08-15
Indian
Dispatched to Burma Unit
(Indian)
1944-07
/1944-09
Indian
Singapore Detachment
(Caucasian)
1945-04
/1945-08-15
Caucasian
Singapore Detachment
(Caucasian)
1945-04
/1945-08-15
Indian

<Reference> "Records on the treatment of POWs" by POW Information Bureau.
"Nihon-gun no Horyo Seisaku (The Japanese Army's Policy on POWs)" by Aiko Utsumi, 2005, Aoki-Shoten.

Borneo POW Camp

Camp Location Duration Commandant Note
Main Camp Miri
>>Kuching
From
1942-08-15
Major Tatsuji Suga
(from 1942-08)
No.1 Detached Camp Kuching From
1942-08-15
No.2 Detached Camp Ranau From
1945-02
No.1 Dispatched Camp Labuan
>>Brunei
From
1944-06-09
Established as No.2 Detached Camp at Labuan on 1944-06-09.
Renamed as No.1 Dispatched Camp and moved to Burunei in 1945-02.
No.1 Branch Camp Sandakan From
1942-08-15
No.2 Detached Camp Seria 1942-08-15
/1943-01-01
Seria Boac 1942-11
/1944-08
No.4 Detached Camp Jesselton
(Present Kota Kinabalu)
1942-10-13
/1943-04-18
Luton Indian Special Labor Unit Camp Luton From
1943-01-01
Seria Indian Special Labor Unit Camp Seria From
1943-01-01

<Reference> "Records on the treatment of POWs" by POW Information Bureau.

Java POW Camp

Camp Location Duration Commandant Note
Main Camp Batavia 1942-08-15
/1945-08-15
1) Major General Saito
(from 1942-08)
2) Colonel Masayuki Nakada
(from 1944-03)
Headquarters of Detached Camp of Main Camp Batavia 1942-08-15
/1945-08-15
1) Lt. Colonel Anami
(from 1942-08)
Lt. Colonel Shozo Kawabe
(from 1943-05)
No.1 Detached Camp of Main Camp Tandjong Priok
No.2 Detached Camp of Main Camp Batavia
No.3 Detached Camp of Main Camp Batavia
No.4 Detached Camp of Main Camp Batavia
No.5 Detached Camp of Main Camp Batavia
Patient Receiving Station of Main Camp Batavia
No.1 Branch Camp Bandoeng 1942-08-15
/1945-08-15
1) Lt. Colonel Hideo Kawamura
(from 1942-08)
2) Lt. Colonel Anami
(from 1944-11)
4,500 men were moved to Thailand in 1942-11.
No.1 Detached Camp of No.1 Branch Camp Bandoeng
No.2 Detached Camp of No.1 Branch Camp Cimahi
No.3 Detached Camp of No.1 Branch Camp Cimahi
No.4 Detached Camp of No.1 Branch Camp Cimahi
Patient Receiving Station No.1 Branch Camp Bandoeng
No.2 Branch Camp Chilachap 1942-08
/1943-02
Major Yoshitaro Ebisu Closed and 4,800 men were moved to Thailand in 1943-02.
Patient Receiving Station of No.2 Branch Camp Chilachap
No.3 Branch Camp Surabaya 1942-08
/1943-04
Lt. Colonel Shozo Kawabe 1,000 men were moved to Burma in 1942-11.
2,400 men were moved to Thailand in 1943-01.
Closed and 6,600 men were moved to the Dispatched No.3 Branch Camp which was newly established at Ambon and interned in the detached camps at Amahai, Flores, Haruku and Liang in 1943-04.
No.1 Detached Camp of No.3 Branch Camp Surabaya
No.2 Detached Camp of No.3 Branch Camp Surabaya
No.3 Detached Camp of No.3 Branch Camp Surabaya
No.4 Detached Camp of No.3 Branch Camp Surabaya
No.5 Detached Camp of No.3 Branch Camp Surabaya
Patient Receiving Station of No.3 Branch Camp Surabaya
Dispatched No.3 Branch Camp Ambon
>> Amahai
From 1943-04 Lt. Colonel Anami
(from 1943-04
to 1944-11)
Established and 6,600 POWs who had been in Java were interned in the detached camps at Amahai, Flores, Haruku and Liang in 1943-04.
No.1 Detached Camp of Dispatched No.3 Branch Camp Amahai
>> Ambon
Accountant Colonel Shiozawa
No.2 Detached Camp of dispatched No.3 Branch Camp Flores Captain Shoji Ashida
No.3 Detached Camp of dispatched No.3 Branch Camp Haruku Captain Shuichi Kuwashima
No.4 Detached Camp of Dispatched No.3 Branch Camp Liang,
Ambon Island
Captain Tadao Ueda
No.4 Branch Camp Malang 1942-08
/1943-02
Lt. Colonel Juichiro Hayashi
(from 1942-08
to 1943-01)
Closed and 5,000人 men were moved to Thailand in 1943-02.
No.1 Detached Camp of No.4 Branch Camp Malang
No.2 Detached Camp of No.4 Branch Camp Malang
No.3 Detached Camp of No.4 Branch Camp Malang
No.4 Detached Camp of No.4 Branch Camp Malang

<Reference> "Records on the treatment of POWs" by POW Information Bureau.
"Nihon-gun no Horyo Seisaku (The Japanese Army's Policy on POWs)" by Aiko Utsumi, 2005, Aoki-Shoten.

POW Camps by jurisdiction of the Japanese Navy at Southern Area

Camp Location Note
Makassar Temporary Camp West coast of Celebes Island 1,411 (Navy 1,033 Army 378)(Pure Blooded Dutch 356, Mixed Dutch and Indonesian parentage 244, American 166, British 639, Australian 1)
Balikpapan Temporary Camp Borneo 535 (Navy 23, Army 512)(Pure Blooded Dutch 212, Mixed Europian and Indian parentage 132, Indian 184, Phillippine 2)
Banjarmasin Temporary Camp Borneo 65 (Indian Army)
Samarinda Temporary Camp Borneo 38 (Navy 28, Army 10)(Pure Blooded Dutch 14 Australian 1 Others 23)
The 2nd Garrison Borneo 17 (Navy 14, Army 3)(Pure Blooded Dutch 13 Indonasian 3 Chinese 1)

<Reference>"Records on the treatment of POWs" by POW Information Bureau.