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Hakodate POW Camp #1-B Ashibetsu POW Camp |
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| Location: Aza Nishi-Ashibetsu, Ashibetsu-machi, Sorachi-gun, Hokkaido Timeline: 1 Dec 1942: Established; first located at MURORAN-shi, CHIRIBETSU-machi 15 Jan 1943: Moved to MURORAN-shi, NAKAJIMA-machi 3 7 Jun 1945: Moved to ASHIBETSU-machi, Aza Raijo 2 Sep 1945: Rescue effected Satellite map (Muroran - Ashibetsu) Aerials: Muroran 1948 - Ashibetsu 1947 (courtesy of Japan Map Archives) |
Employer of Labor: Muroran location: Nippon Seitetsu (Nippon Steel), Wanishi Ashibetsu location: Mitsui Mining Co. (Asano Coal) Rosters: Total = 509 POWs (349 British, 155 Dutch, 5 American) American British and Dutch Deaths: 53, all British (external PDF) |
Photos:   Photo and names courtesy of Patricia Purvis, daughter of British Gunner Henry “Ted” Denny UPDATE
- Courtesy of Desni Bradley née Markwick: "My father, Gordon Markwick,
was a POW in Japan... his name should read Markwick not Marwick. The
back row should read from left to right (see scan below):
(SGT Pilot RAF) Newlands, Edwards (RA), Twamley (RAF), Fox (RAF), Kerfoot (RAF), Whelsher (RAF), Markwick (RAF), Bolton (RA), Russell (RAF), Williams (RAF), Jordan (RAF) Haxby(RA)"  |
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