POW Camps outside Japan Proper |
POW Camps outside Japan Proper
Chosen (Korea) POW Camp
Camp | Location | Duration | Commandant | Note |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Main Camp | 1942-01-07 /1945-08-15 |
Colonel Tokunaga (from 1942-01) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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No.3 Branch Camp | 1942-08-16 Thambyuzayat >>1943-09 Mezali >>1944-01 Anganan >>1944-04 Tharmakham |
1942-08-16 /1944-8 |
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No.4 Branch Camp | 1942-10 Wan Yai >>1944-05 The Muang |
1942-10 /1945-08-15 |
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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 |
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No.6 Branch Camp | 1943-01-21 Kinsai Yoku >>1943-03 Hindato >>1943 Renamed as No.1 Branch Camp |
1943-01-21 /1943-XX |
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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 |
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No.10 Branch Camp | 1945-02-09 Long Thanh (French Indochina) >>1945-05 Lianga (French Indochina) |
1945-02-09 /1945-08-15 |
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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 |
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No.2 Detached Camp | Hanoi (French Indochina) |
1942-09-21 /1942-11-13 |
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No.2 Detached Camp | 1944-03 Ben Han? >>1944-07 Lamphun |
1944-03 /1945-08-15 |
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No.3 Detached Camp | 1944-03-28 Kanchanaburi >>1944-09-01 Renamed as No.7 Branch Camp |
1944-03-28 /1944-09-01 |
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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 |
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No.5 Detached Camp | 1944-05 Apalon >>1944-09-01 Closed and merged into No.1 Branch Camp |
1944-05 /1944-09-01 |
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No.5 Detached Camp | 1945-03-18 Nakhon Nayok | 1945-03-18 /1945-08-15 |
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No.6 Detached Camp | 1944-05 Apalon >>1944-09-01 Closed and merged into No.1 Branch Camp |
1944-05 /1944-09-01 |
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No.6 Detached Camp | 1945-06 Bankok | 1945-06 /1945-08-15 |
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Kanchanaburi Ward | Kanchanaburi | 1942-12 /1943-03 |
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Nakhon Pathom Ward | Nakhon Pathom | 1944-12 /1945-08-15 |
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Bankok Indian Special Labor Unit Camp | Bankok | 1943-01 /1944-10 |
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Don Muang Indian Special Labor Unit Camp | Don Muang | 1943-03-01 /1945-08-15 |
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Hanoi Indian Special Labor Unit Camp | Hanoi (French Indochina) |
1943-03-01 /1945-08-15 |
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Hanoi Indian Special Labor Unit Camp | Hanoi (French Indochina) |
1943-03-01 /1944-01 |
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Saigon Indian Special Labor Unit Camp | Saigon (French Indochina) |
1943-06 /1945-08-15 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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. |
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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 |
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No.1 Detached Camp | Kuala Lumpur | 1942-08-15 /1942-10-15 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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No.4 Detached Camp | Adams Park, Singapore? |
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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. |
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Singapore Patient Receiving Station | Singapore | 1944-04 /1945-08-15 |
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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 |
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Main Camp | Miri >>Kuching |
From 1942-08-15 |
Major Tatsuji Suga (from 1942-08) |
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No.1 Detached Camp | Kuching | From 1942-08-15 |
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No.2 Detached Camp | Ranau | From 1945-02 |
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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. |
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No.1 Branch Camp | Sandakan | From 1942-08-15 |
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No.2 Detached Camp | Seria | 1942-08-15 /1943-01-01 |
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Seria | Boac | 1942-11 /1944-08 |
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No.4 Detached Camp | Jesselton (Present Kota Kinabalu) |
1942-10-13 /1943-04-18 |
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Luton Indian Special Labor Unit Camp | Luton | From 1943-01-01 |
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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 |
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Main Camp | Batavia | 1942-08-15 /1945-08-15 |
1) Major General Saito (from 1942-08) 2) Colonel Masayuki Nakada (from 1944-03) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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.