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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 bedding was on the floor and each bed was rolled into a bundle during the day to allow for more space. In most camps blankets were provided by the camp, however, many POWs reported that the severe winter cold adversely affected their health. The survivors of the sinking were held for several days in an open tennis court at Olongapo Naval Base. BURMA-04_roster (WO 361-2204) - British and American POWs at Burma Camp 6, later IV. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Sailed from Guam 10/1/42 to an unspecified port in Japan arriving on 15/1/42 carrying 800 POWs. Some camps provided overcoats for the winter and some did not. <> In the end, 687 Allied prisoners were killed along with forty-seven Japanese, only eighty-two Americans survived. Most of the casualties of the infamous Burma-Siam railway are buried or commemorated in the cemeteries at Thanbyuzayat, Kanchanaburi & Chungkai with those who have no known grave remembered on the Rangoon or Singapore memorials. 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. About 36,000 were transported to the Japanese Mainland to supplement the shortage of the work force, and compelled to work at the coal mines, mines, shipyards, munitions factories, etc. But he broke the law - one mistake nearly cost him his life during a 27 month prison sentence in a harsh Thai jail. As a result, the Japanese Navy established Ofuna Transitory Prison Camp in Ofuna, Kanagawa Prefecture. Argyle Street Camp was a Japanese World War II Prisoner-of-war camp in Kowloon, Hong Kong which primarily held officer prisoners. The Costa-del-Crime ex-pat bolt-hole of Spain is next on the list, housing 247. At that time, his father, 56 year Russell Whitmore expressed his frustration at the fate of his son. It left Manila on 13 December 1944 and over the next two days was bombed and strafed by American planes. Suzuya Maru (AKA Otaro Maru/Op ten Noort), 20/10/42 1600 Dutch POWs transported to Moulmein from Java, Tamahoko Maru (AKA Yone Maru/Tamahoko Maru). The kempeitai were the military police of the Japanese Imperial army during World War II. 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). Billy was held in Chiang Mai. Fifteen US soldiers and sailors were killed as well as thirteen merchant seamen rescued from the sunk freighter American Leader. Intestinal diseases soon developed. The United States has bilateral treaties with Bolivia, Canada, France, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Thailand, and Turkey, and is a party to two multilateral conventions, the Council of Europe (COE) Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, and the Inter-American Convention on Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad.. (Applications for prisoners seeking transfer to/from Canada, France, Panama, and . Lance Whitmore pleaded guilty to the charges against him in 2015. This is the reality for more than 15,000 foreigners from over 100 countries, as of 2020. Maebashi Maru (AKA Maybashi/Maebassi maru), Mati Mati Maru (AKA Matti Matti Maru, Canadian Inventor). An excellent resource of specific hell ship information, including voyage dates and number of POWs, carried. 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. See the "Report on POW Supply Missions" for more details. The second 'Changi' was the prison a short distance from Selerang barracks. We have recently added data from the national archives nominal rosters for those held by the Japanese under reference WO392 (returning Pow information). 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. 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. It was this incident that prompted the famous POW rescue raids later in 1945. Debbie reveals in her Facebook post that she sometimes also feels down or low when contemplating the ordeal that still lies ahead for her son and her family. Its not a secret that female prisoners across the globe face some unique challenges. 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. The standard work schedule was eight hours a day with one day a week off, but POWs were often forced to work longer. He spent time in three jails, including Bang Kwang, the notorious "Bangkok Hilton". WO356 and WO357 both cover war crimes by the Imperial Japanese army and navy. 8 0 obj Around 27,000 Filipinos and 2,200 Americans died at Camp O'Donnell. In each camp, there was some facility like a simple clinic, but medical supplies were as scarce as they were among Japan's civilian population. x[nF}#YT_ 'uEi,% dW @V3;sxx|\%^ *O|QU/** The UK man was jailed for 50 years in Thailand in June 2015, after being caught in August 2014 attempting to sell 200 ecstasy pills to an undercover informant for the Thai police at a car park outside a supermarket in Pattaya. Lieutenant Kenichi Nakagawa was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. A Blackpool businessman who spent more than 17 years in jail in Thailand, including two years chained up on death row, last night attacked the Foreign Office for its failure to help him and other British prisoners abroad. 18 0 obj description Object description. The UK man is lucky to have the support of a committed and active family both at home and in Thailand who visit him as often as possible and provide an impressive level of support. Many died due to asphyxia, starvation or dysentery. She has been quoted as saying she would walk in there and take over her sons prison term if it was possible. Sailed from Takao Taiwan on 22/8/44 bound for Japan (Unspecified port)arriving 8 days later with 707 POWs on board. This was a civilian only internment camp, taken over by the Japanese in 1942. They began preparing assembly areas for the POWs as soon as the Japanese surrender documents were signed on September 1, 1945. Russell said that conditions at Klong Prem were very harsh and had been tightened up. The remaining prisoners were then transported by train to San Fernando, La Union. His return home was welcomed by Fair Trials Abroad which campaigned for his release. Situated in Lushun Manchuria and built by the Russian occupation forces in the early 20th century. They were reunited with U.S. 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 smell of human faeces was so strong I wanted to vomit. POWs were then transferred to the Tamahoko Maru which was sunk 24/6/44 in Nagasaki bay with only 212 survivors. All POWs leaving Singapore did so from Singapores Keppel harbour which is now part of the main port authority of Singapore state. The country holding most British cons is USA, with 520. Klong Prem Prison is in Ngamwongwang Road in north Bangkok, and includes a medium term center, Bangkok Remand Prison, and the juvenile remand center. 4 Camp, Taiwan, Formosa, JC /59 Taihoku West, Mountain Camp, Taiwan, Formosa, JC /60 Taihoku & Indin, No 6 Camp, Jungle Camp, Taiwan, Formosa, JC /24 Argyle Street, Shamshuipo, "N" Camp, "S" Camp, Hong Kong, JC /88 Numbers 1, 2, 3, 5 Camps, Hiroshima, also Fukuoka 7 &12, Zentsuji 2, Japan, JC /176 Ube, Ube Camp Mines, Higarshimizome,Hakon Shu 2 Camp, Japan, JC /181 Mororan, Muroran, Musoyan, Mussian, Hakodate Group, Japan, JC /182 Nisi Asibetsu Camp, Hakodate Group, Japan, JC /183 Akahera Camp, Hakodate Group, Japan, JC /189 Yokohama, Mitsubishi, Tokyo Group, Japan, JC /201 Seida P.W. Some 12,000 of members of the Iranian diaspora met from all over Europe on January 16 in the EU Parliament host city of Strasbourg to urge the bloc to list Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards . De Brug - The Bridge on the River Kwai (Khwae-Toi). POWs who were allowed to remain at either of these camps were often from Changi Camp and still fit to work. 3, Fukuoka Camp, ( steel works ), Japan, JC /222 Mukaishima Camp, Hiroshima Group, Japan, JC /229 Kumamota No. She also says that her son is sorry for the crime he committed. Disregard for human life andsuffering built this railway, nothing else would have done so. Carried 500 prisoners from Cabanatuan to Cebu City, then Cebu City to Manila beginning July 4, 1944; same POWs sailed from Manila to Takao, Formosa beginning July 16, 1944; same POWs sailed from Takao to Keelung, Formosa beginning August 4, 1944; same POWs sailed from Keelung to Naha, Okinawa beginning August 17, 1944; POWs finally arrived in Moji, Japan on September 1, 1944. 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. About 40 per cent were missionaries from 22 different denominations, some who had recently fled China and organized a language school in Baguio. 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. Something went wrong, please try again later. Meanwhile, Thailand's Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, says officials are ready to approve the registration of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine after meeting with representatives of its Asian distributor, Zuellig Pharma. The paperless archive (has detailed reports of many camps): . Sailed from Celebes to Kendari on 10/1/44 with 9 POWs on board. JC/69 Bicycle Camp Gang, Ambon, Amboina, Ambon Group, JC/75 Amahi, Ambon, Amboina, Beram Is, Ambon Group, JC/111 Ambon, Ambon Group, Haroekoe Isle, Ambon Group, JC /115 Kuching, Sarawak, ( Sawmill/Jetty) Borneo, JC /17 Mergui, Kirikhan Road, (jungle road) Burma, JC /93 Longi, Ronsu, 62-kilo railway camp, Burma, JC /100 Anankurin, Anaquin, Amankwin, Burma Railway, Burma, JC /123 Apalon, Umbron, 83-kilo railway camp, Burma, JC /199 Kunbuitkway, 25-kilo railway camp, Burma, JC /230 Wagele, 8-kilo railway camp, Burma, JC /231 Massale, 70-kilo railway camp, Burma, JC /232 108 kilo railway camp, Burma ( on the border with Siam ), JC /271 Mezali, 75-kilo railway camp, Burma, JC /327 Kando, Kandaw, Hospital Transit Camp, Burma, JC /259 Weinsen Internment Camp, Shantung Province, China, JC /37 Saigon, Saigon Docks, French Indo China, JC /68 Fumi, Phumy, Saigon Camp, French Indo China, JC /91 Lienkhang, Saigon, French Indo China, JC /168 Fumi Camp, No.1 Camp Fumi, nr Saigon, French Indo China, JC /224 Song Long Song Camp, French Indo China, JC /43 Kinkaseki, No. Billy was held in Chiang Mai. Recently, some prisons in Thailand provide the option for family abroad to have video call with prisoners in prison. Next to the Huai Ro Khi river it had 3 large huts up to 75 metres long originally but grew in size later. Jake Mostraini, the Australian man, must wait at least two more years to even apply and will serve a far longer prison term in Australia as his sentence in Thailand was two life sentence terms. It is reported that least 1,000 of these inmates are foreigners normally held in Building 2.The institution is a huge prison complex housing both men and women. They ordered all the wounded men capable of walking to travel around a headland. While there are some contradictions about just how tough and nightmarish Thai prisons are or Klong Prem prison might be, it is a high security facility in Thailand notorious for the spread of diseases and conditions that are unhygienic. endobj Its not only the poor living conditions that endanger tourists imprisoned in Thailand, though. Foreign women incarcerated in Thailand are forced to live with more than 200 women - all stuck in a single cell, sleeping in tight rows. Each prisoner was fed about one teacup of cooked rice twice daily and given a canteen full of dirty water once a day. Kachidoki Maru (AKA Kakko maru/President Harrison). its the last stop. Often used for staging POWs up and down the railways' line, the hospital was a base from November in 1942 until April in 1944. The 212 survivors of the Tamahoko Maru were brought into the harbour at Nagasaki and onto the POW camp, Fukuoka 13. This may have been because the wages were only on paper. endobj Finally, in October, he was among 1000 prisoners judged fit to work; they were moved to a lumber camp on Mindanao to engage in manual labour. Following the withdrawal of British troops in 1971 the area was taken over by the Singapore Armed Forces and still has one of the main concentrations of military facilities on the island. The excellent ThaiVisa.com discussion forum reposts a 2004 Associated Press article about visiting prisoners . 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. 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. Both prisoners had their sentences confirmed by the Thai Appeals Court in September 2016 when they both appeared before the court shackled together. Lack of water, outside latrines, lack of screens for doors and windows, crowded buildings and the general lethargy of the prisoners contributed to poor sanitation. It then carried 20 prisoners from Wake Island to Yokohama, Japan beginning November 1st, 1942 and later carried 71 prisoners from Singapore to Moki, Japan beginning September 21st, 1943. 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