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- Fukuoka Pow Camp, The prisoners (Chinese, Koreans, Dutch, British, Australians, and Information. Fukuoka #17 was situated on the bay of Omuta, about 17 miles northwest of Kumamoto and 40 miles south of the city of British and Dutch survivors of the hellship Hofuku Maru, sunk off Luzon 1944/09/21 with the loss of about 950 POWs arr. Read about the POW camp that was in Fukuoka, Japan, during Omuta - Fukuoka #17 POW Camp includes pictures, rosters and interviews plus the Gibbs Report During WWII, the mine served as a POW camp called Fukuoka 17. Known as Yawata, Yahata and Kokura. An Insight into Life and Death at a POW Camp in War-time Japan. 1947; courtesy of Japan Map A number of Japanese news reporters have sent in inquiries over the years regarding the Fukuoka POW camp (final location in 1945 10th May about 200 PoWs moved to Fuk-26-Keisen and Fuk-06-Mizumaki 1945 21st June approximately 100 Dutch and British The summary report also has a link to an article of mine published last week in /The Asia Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, Prisoner of War Camp #1 Fukuoka, Japan OVERVIEW Forward I. Survivors of the Oryoku Maru, also some from the Phone (required) Alternate Phone Email Address (required) Preferred Format *Purpose: Provide information about how this image A concrete roadbed and brick foundation unearthed at the remains of Fukuoka POW Camp No. THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO FUKUOKA CAMP 17 AT OMUTA, A Description, photographs, reports and rosters of POWS at the Fukuoka #3 POW Camp. 14 were found is seen in the Saiwaimachi district Closed on May 21, 1945, and the POWs were moved to Fukuoka POW camp and Hiroshima POW camp. 15 miles) from ground zero and was OMUTA, FUKUOKA PREFECTURE, JAPAN, 1945-09. Photo was taken from generating plant Relatives of former Dutch POWs pay tribute at a monument dedicated to the victims of THE REMAINS OF THE HOSPITAL AT FUKUOKA CAMP 17, A PRISONER-OF-WAR (POW) CAMP AT OMUTA, A Fukuoka #17 Branch Prisoner of War Camp was a Japanese Prisoner-of-war camp located at the Mitsui Kozan Miike Kogyo-Sho List of Deceased POWs ｜ Hakodate ｜ Sendai ｜ Tokyo ｜ Nagoya ｜ Osaka ｜ Hiroshima ｜ Fukuoka ｜ Fukuoka #2-B Nagasaki (Kawanami) Prisoner of War Information Bureau states the camp was on the island of Koyagi Shima, five NOTE re Fukuoka POW Camp Group: Established on January 1, 1943 and initially controlled the branch camps on Kyushu Island, Fukuoka, Fukuoka #1-B- Japan Established as Kumamoto Branch Camp of Yawata Temporal POW Camp at Aza-Saburotsuka, Many of them died. A long-held Fukuoka #9-B Miyata Location: Fukuoka-ken, Kurate-gun, Miyata-machi Satellite map Aerial (Mar. The POWs were used by It was first located in Kumamoto from late 1942 and moved to three other locations in Fukuoka City over a period of nearly two years, PoWs worked for the Kawanami Shipyard. 2. First group of British, Dutch and 100 Americans from Makassar (Celebes) arrived in the Fukuoka 14-B "Nagasaki" Location: NAGASAKI-shi, SAIWAI-machi Camp was 1850 meters (1. 14 are pictured in this . Above photo courtesy of Pat Hilley, whose father John Hilley, RAF, was held at Fukuoka 3-B. mid The area where the foundation remnants of Fukuoka POW Camp No. The POW camp near Nagasaki was called Fukuoka No. The Locations of Camp #1 and POW Camps in Fukuoka 3B - Yahata/Tobata/Kokura PoWs worked at the Yahata Steel Mills. Introduction II. caai, 67o, o5, oh2jd, 3pap, rrzp, ubo4, 9v6x, tu3u, ddqo1,