Hakodate POW Camp #1-D Kamiiso, Hokkaido

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Location:: KAMIISO-gun, KAMIISO-machi, Hokkaido ASANO Cement plant Satellite map Aerial (Nov. 1944; courtesy of Japan Map Archives) Timeline: 1 Oct 1943: Established 7 June 1944: Camp terminated when POWs transferred to Hakodate Main Camp (Bibai) and to 1-B Ashibetsu Sep 1945: Liberated International Red Cross Committee: Camp Commandant as of 11 Jan 1945 was Lt. Col. Shigao Emoto (per Netherlands researcher, John Slootmaekers, regarding Red Cross records) Japanese book, "Hokkaido no Horyo Shuyojo" (POW Camps of Hokkaido) by Hitoyasu Shirato (2008). Related: photos of mine area (Japanese site) Rosters: None found for this particular labor camp. See Hakodate Overview for archival originals of other rosters. Deceased: Horace E. Brown and Raymond V. Fallowes (British) PDF

Kamiiso group photo, 1944 Names on reverse side of photo Images courtesy of David Reader Black and white composite (courtesy of David Langton, historian for the 2nd Cambridgeshires)