KAMIOKA POW CAMP
Nagoya POW Command #1-B became Nag-07B

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Kamioka POW Camp, Nagoya Detach 1-B
Location:
Nagoya 1-B KAMIOKA
Employer of slaves: MITSUI KOZAN (Kozan=Mining)*
GIFU-ken, YOSHIKI-gun, ASOFU-mura, WASAHO 1444
(*) - designates a private company in command of camp.
Aerial View: before food drop - Sept 1945
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Looking uphill at the barracks


Camp History:
10 Nov 1942: Dutch POWS arrive from Kamakura Maru ex Java (Surabaya)
08 Dec 1942: Established as Osaka KAMIOKA Branch Camp
18 Feb 1943: Renamed Osaka 7-B
25 Mar 1944: Dr Jackson & Dutch Medical Officer Irens arrive from Ichioka (Osaka Stadium Hospital)
29 May 1944: 150 Yanks Arrive ex Mukden
06 Aug 1944: 194 more Yanks arrive- ex Nissyo Maru through Moji from Manila/Formosa
06 Apr 1945: Jurisdictional control transferred to Nagoya POW Camp 1-B
Aug 1945: Renamed Nagoya 7-B
Sep 1945: Rescue effected

Camp Layout: (2 images)
Sketch #1 - Sharp hand drawn layout
Sketch #2 - not as clear- photostat original

Interviews:

 Primary Slave Labor Use:
Zinc and lead mining.
NOTE: Frequently misrepresented as Omuta but that is another sub-camp in the Fukuoka area. Read commentary by Ray Makepiece

Pase Diary-
Detailed history of events leading to men arriving at this camp by 1st Sgt Joseph G Pase- outstanding diary of major events during captivity at Kamioka plus extensive time-line

Camp Rosters:
Now located at NARA, RG 407 Box 102.
(verified 193 Yanks plus one British doctor)
American Roster- draft based upon POW Diaries; approx 150 Americans yet to be documented.
Dutch (not verifiable by the Center for Research)
Known British:
Boulding, Walter Frederick (Brits),Gnr
Brandon (Brits)
Glenton (Brits)
Walker (Brits)
Camp Doctor: Tony Jackson (British)- Royal Navy Surgeon. Also known affectionately as "The Doc" or "Jocko"; previously at Osaka Ichioka POW Hospital.

Japanese Camp Staff:
A partial list of Japanese staff including rank. Guard staff was changed weekly.
War Crime Trials:
Sgt Mantani, Unosuke-[External site] Guard - Life imprisonment
Pvt Shimoda, Ryoichi - [External site] Guard - 20 years hard labor

Books Describing Life at Kamioka:
NEW BOOK-
Jackson, Charles R. (Edited by B.H. Norton) "I AM ALIVE" Marine captured on Corregidor and rescued at Kamioka. Fantastic reading! (Roger Mansell-Director)

WORMSER, J.A., De nacht van de rijzende zon. Een Hollandse krijgsgevangene in Japan, 1942-1945. Orig. edn.Kampen,Kok, s.d. [circa], 1995. Verbatim text, in english, of the speech as held by Colonel Mirata, commander Osaka P.O.W. camp, 11th december 1942, addressing P.O.W., name-list of 302 dutch and British P.O.W. as held at camp Kamioka, Osaka, incl. marking those who perished, table being exchange-rates of goods for food/medicine, incl. examples of loss of weight to dutch P.O.W., glossary of malay/japanese words and expresions-Dutch.

Camp Photographs and Modern Day Pictures of Kamioka

Articles:
Wade Waldrup story (25 May 1997)