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Fukuoka POW Camp #22 Honami (Tadakuma) |
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| Fukuoka 22-B (SUMITOMO KOGYO TADAKUMA TANKO) FUKUOKA-ken, KAHO-gun, HONAMI-mura, TADAKUMA Satellite map Aerial (Jan. 1948; courtesy of Japan Map Archives) Time Line: 15 Jan 1945: Established as Fukuoka #22; 97 POWs arrive from Singapore 22 Feb 1945: First of 35 survivors of Oryoku Maru arrive from Kokura Army Hospital 25 April 1945: 29 men depart for Mukden; all Americans 17 Aug 1945: 199 POWs arrive from Tagawa POW Camp Sep 1945: Rescue effected Peart Diary: Excellent 62-page narrative of trip from Bilibid on the Oryoku Maru/Brazil Maru to Fuk-22 then transfer to Mukden (click on link in right column) Photographs: See photo links on camp chart for Fukuoka #22.  Tadakuma mine area  Aerial view  Birdseye view  Gate and guard shack |
Primary Labor: Per detailed Gibbs Report summary of camp history and conditions, Australian POWs labored in a coal mine run by Sumitomo Coal Mining Co.; slag hill still remains and is a tourist site. Rosters: Total = 302 POWs (190 Dutch, 88 Australian, 24 American; 66 deaths) Australians (source Neil MacPherson) Original Australian roster Original British roster Orme,W.,Sgt.,Staffordshire Saul,C.,Sgt., Whitfield,J.,Pte.,Lancashire Americans Original American roster Original Dutch roster FUK-22_Rosters_1946-02-16 Known Deaths: Harry Ashford, 2/2nd Pioneers, died 21 Jan1945 W.R. Pople, 2/2nd Pioneers, died 20 May 1945 Allan Ross Lloyd Hawke, HMAS Perth, died 19 Jan 1945 Soey Seng Oen, 6201-D, Dutch, died 1 Sep 45 Link to Death List per Japanese records - prepared by POW Research Network of Japan FUK-22 death rosters and certificates (RG 407 Box 187) - American, Australian, Dutch; certificates in Japanese with English translations |
