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CIV. INTERNMENT CAMPS
(Also Check w/Prisons and Jails)
To-101 Kanagawa 1st Cp (Race Course) (Yamakita)
To-102 Bund Hotel Yokohama
To-103 Kanagawa Prefectural Cp
To-104 Sumire (St. Francisco Monastery)
To- xxx  Watabe- Added per O'Guinn- Wake contactor *
Metropolitan Police Internee Camp
To-105 Izumi Apts (Totsuka)
To-106 Boat Club (Yokohama) also known as Yokohama Yacht Club or Yokohama Amateur Rowing Club (Also see Totsuka below) (another web site)
Se-101 Fukushima Int. Cp Civilian Camp
Se-102 Miyagi Prefectural Cp
Os-101 Butterfield and Swire Res. #3 (Kobe) [Destroyed in fire bombing]
Os-102 Canadian Academy (Kobe) [Destroyed in fire bombing]
Os-103 Detention Prison (Kobe) Ta-Shibana-Cho
Os-104 Futatabi #4 (Kobe) (Fukiai-Ko Cp)
Os-105 Marks Residence (Kobe) [Destroyed in fire bombing-pictures of house]
Os-106 Seaman's Mission (Kobe) [Destroyed in fire bombing]
Ho- xxx Shimizu-cho- See Otaru
Hi-101 Myoshi Civ Int Cp
xx- xxx Otaru City - Wakatake Hokaido [per Jill Holmgren, Fairbanks, Alaska]
Fu-101 Sawai Tyo Apts (Nagasaki)
To-201 Sekiguchi - TOKYO-added by the Center for Research
Na-101 Tempa Ko Civ Int. Cp (Nagoya)
xx-xxx Totsuka [per Jill Holmgren, Fairbanks, Alaska] -Also see Australian Nurses
To-XXX Totsuka- Rabaul Nurses plus pictures!
Se-103 Civ Internees at a Catholic church Aanawa North Honaki     TOP

PHILIPPINES   TOP
No Philippine camps were listed in submissions by Japanese as the Philippines had been recaptured by the Allies.
List of PI Camps from the Recovered POW List

CHINA -Additonal camps courtesy of Tony Banham, Wes Injerd and Michael Hurst   TOP
Overiew of China prison camps and Old China Hands link
The Hong Kong Defenders - Data base and history- Noted author & historian Tony Banham
Maps, detail and Photos of almost all China, Taiwan and Hainan Camps.
This is an amazing compilation by noted researcher Wes Injerd
Overview of the Fall of Hong Kong [External link]
Mukden - See Manchuria List below
SPECIAL: See Dr. Greg Leck's book- The single best book about the China civilian internees

Ch-1
Ch-2 Bridge House, Shanghai [External Link- Doolittle flyers interned here]
Ch-3 Argyle St. Barracks, Hong Kong [The officers' camp, Used about a year. Men were sent back to SSP]
Ch-4 Shanghai PW Camp (Conditions)
Ch-5 Kiang Wan, Shanghai, China
Ch-6 Woosung, China [Woo Sung]
Hainan Island - Haisho
Ch-7 Hai-Kow, Hainan Island, China [Hainan Island, Haisho now called Basuo]
Ch-8 Samshuipo, Hong Kong, China [Main Camp]
Ch-xx Sun Wah Hotel [NEW]
Ch-x Mau Tau Chung - [The Indians' camp]
Ch-x Ma Tau-wai - secondary civilian camp (Kowloon side)
Ch-x Rosary Hill - Comments & History
Ch-9 North Point Prison Camp, Hong Kong, China [used for a short time. Mainly Canadian and RN POWs
Ch-10 Peking PW Camp, China
Ch-101 Ash Camp, Shanghai, China
Ch-102 Chapai, Shanghai, China
Ch-103 Lincoln Avenue Civil Assemble Center, Shanghai
Ch-104 Pootung Internment Camp, Shanghai, China
Ch-105 Stanley Internment Camp, Hong Kong, China
Ch-106 Lunghwa Civ. Assembly Center, Shanghai, China
Ch-107 Canton, China Civil Assembly Center
Ch-108 Weihsien Civil assembly Center, Shantung, China  External Link (SLOW Loading) plus [Book]
Ch-109 Tsingtao Civilian Internment Camp, China
Ch-151 Ward Road Jail, Shanghai, China
Ch-152 Kempai Jail, Peking, China
Ch-153 MP Jail, Yochow, China
Ch-154 Hankow Jail, Hankow, China
Ch-155 Feng-Tai Prison Camp, Peking, China
Ch-156 Gendarmarie at 67 Jess Field Rd., Shanghai, China
Ch-157 Gendarmarie Hqs., Hong Kong, China
Ch-201 Ward Road Hospital, Shanghai, China
Ch-202 Hankow, Military Hospital, China

[Specific Criminal Charge Files- China]
Ch-251 Torture & Killing of Doolittle Flyers in Shanghai
Ch-252 Civilians forced to live near military targets to prevent allied bombings, Hankow
Ch-253 Bayonet drill on live Chinese PWs.
Ch-254 Improper transport of PW within China
Ch-255 Killing of 80 Chinese Men & Women, 29 Nov 37 at Chang-Chou.
Ch-256 Exposure of PWs to bombing near Kuequang, China 28 Dec 42 (Boat trip from Hankow to Shanghai) 
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KOREA [Chosen]   TOP
Story of transfers- Excellent seminar paper by Frances De Groen: 100 Aussies to Korea- Includes Roster of Australians! OUTSTANDING Reference
Hung Nam
Jinsen [AKA Inchon POW Camp]
Keijo Camp [AKA Seoul POW Camp] [Australian POW- external link]
Konan PW Cp. (Hamhung near border with Manchuria) - also called Chosen Branch #1
Mil. Pol. Hqs.
Ryuzan Pl. Sta.
Seidaimon Prison, Fusan Korea
Youngsan Pol Sta.
Japanese Hqs., Ichang
Fusan Hosp. PW Cp.

[Specific Criminal Charge Files- Korea]
Keijo, Beating of Reiner at 1-16-42
Ichang Pol. Sta.
Massacre at Sarabo Isl. (200 Koreans) 16 May 45
Fusai, Parade of PWs thru Streets of               TOP

FORMOSA   TOP
POW Camps in Taiwan (Formosa) -  [External Link] An OUTSTANDING site developed by Michael Hurst (MBE) . Photos, rosters, details. The Taiwan POW Memorial Society
[NEW] LIST OF TAIWAN CAMPS - THE MICHAEL HURST NAME AND NUMBER STANDARD
Developed by Michael Hurst (MBE), a Canadian historian and researcher living in Taiwan.
Roster of POWS on Taiwan
Almost complete roster of the 4300+ known to have been there.
For-01-Kinkaseki  [External Link]
For-02-Taichu [External Link]
For-03-Heito [External Link]
For-04-Shirakawa
For-05-Taihoku-Mozak
For-06-Taihoku Main Camp
       Taihoku - Story of rescue by British sailors [External Link]
For-07-Takao
For-08-Karenko
For-09-Tamazato
For-10-Inrin
For-11-Inrin Temp.
For-12-Toroku- includes roster of 294 Americans and description of Hokusen hellship voyage
For-13-Kukutsu [External Link]
For-14-Oka
For-15-Taihoku-Churon

Note: the first six camps will still go by the numbers that they were popularly given at the time. All of the camps from FOR-08-Karenko on down the list were temporary camps in one way or another, even though Karenko Camp was opened and used before some of the other main camps - like Kinkaseki and Shirakawa.
[Specific Criminal Charge Files- Formosa]
Keelung, Formosa (Exposure of PW to Dangers of Bombing in Keelung Harbor)
Beating & Torture of U.S. Flyers 28 Jan 45 (S. Formosa)
Forcing PWs to Be Indecently Exposed to Public Ridicule at Formosa Docks Oct 42
B-24 Crash 18 Feb. 45 

MacArthur's List (OLD) contained to little information. [The list, supplied by the Japanese to MacArthur's staff, was far from accurate. One of the very worst camps was Kinkaseki which was not on list submitted to MacArthur. Original list follows in black - additions by Center made in Red]

OLD LIST FOR MacArthur Hitu or Hetu - HEITO #3 (PingTung)- KARENKO  [Hualien] Mocksaka; Musak TAIHOKU #5 MOSAK (Taipei) Shirakawa SHIRAKAWA #4 (Chiayi) Taihoku or Tyroka Taiwan TAIHOKU #6 (Taipei)

Tamazato TAMAZATO (YuLi) Taichu Camp (Incl Warehouse) TAICHU #2 (Taichung) Kato Area Military Police Kato Army Hosp.

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MANCHURIA   TOP
Unit 731 - Experiments on POW [External Link]
Man-1 Cheng-Chia-Tun
Man-2 Hsian [held the high rank officers- 100 KM North east of Mukden]
Man-4 Mukden- Mukden [Hoten] ..Hoten Cp annex link to private British site which contains roster of British POWS and many photographs
        Sub-camp: Shenyang [External Link] picture of camp
Man-5 Taihoku [location misidentified- see Formosa]
Man-101 Anshan Civ. Int. Cp.
Man-151 Military Police Prison: Mukden.
Man-152 Hsingkiang Jail

[Specific Criminal Charge Files- Manchuria]
Man-251 Exposure to Public Ridicule of T/Sgt. O.L. Hermann at Anshan    TOP

DEATH RAILWAY   TOP
Death Railway NEW The MacPherson Camp Name & Number Convention
POW Movements- Summary of dates and places
Bur-1 Hintock -Short memoir and description of camp
New Site- (and the BEST!) Australian research
British Site about the Death Railway by the FEPOW -Ron Taylor's new site with excellent history- rapidly growing!
Book- Trilogy -Excellent description of slavery on the railway
Dutch Viewpoint of Death Railway
Special: Info regarding the Death Railway Museum with NEW links

NG - NEW GUINEA [Actually part of the NEI]   TOP
Rabaul- Excellent overview and story of women POWS [External Link]

NG-1 Rabaul Internment Cp. (2/22 BTN. Cp. site) M.B.
NG-2 Haruku Air Field [error- Is part of NEI-see below]
NG-3 Parom, N.G.
NG-4 Boiken, N.G.
NG-5 Kur?inge, N.G.
NG-6 Wewak, N.G.
NG-7 Kokopo, New Britain (PW Camp) [External Link]
NG-101 Vunapope Civ Internment Camp (Half-caste Boys School)
NG-151 Kempei Hqs. PW Camp, Rabaul, New Britain
NG-152 Tunnel Hill Prison, Rabaul, N.G.
NG-201 Manokwari Hospital, N.G.    TOP

NEI - NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES   TOP
JAVA MEMORIAL FUND: Worth reading and contributing!
A Child's Story: Excellent site relating travails of child interned on Java. Excellent pictures and time line
Special: The sinking of the Vyner Brooke and the Australian Nurses who survived [External Link]
Special: Dutch View of the Burma Death Railway [External Link]

???- Sumatra - The Sumatra Death Railway "Pakan Baroe"
     Often called "The Forgotten POW Camp
???- Sandakan (Borneo) - [not on Japanese list- suggested link shown next]
??? Sandakan Death March Memorial
NEI-1-A Haruku Air Field Haroekoe Island, Ambon and Ceram Island
NEI-1 Tan Toie, Ambonia, Ambon Is. [ * sub-camps listed]
NEI-1 Galala (Ten-Toi) Tan-Toi?
NEI-2 Batavia PW Camp [BOOK REVIEW] - "Trilogy" gives good description]
NEI-XX Massacre at Balikpapan LINK
NEI-3 Tarakan, Borneo (PW Camp)
NEI-XX Kuching BORNEO [External link] Batu Lintang Camp
NEI-XX Ambarara- civilian camp (story of young girl- J.E.H. Rijkee )
NEI-4 Tandjong Priok PW Camp, Java
NEI-5 Tjimahi PW Camp (9 miles from Soerebaja)
NEI-6 Boliglodek PW Camp (no atrocity)
NEI-7 Tjilitjap, Java
MEI-8 Soerebaja, Neth. E. Indies.
NEI-9 Soerabaja, Neth. E. Indies
          Jaarmarkt & Darmo PW Camps
NEI-10 Bicycle Camp, Batavia, Java
NEI-11 Bandoeng, PW Camp, Java
NEI-12 Soekaboemi PW Camp, Java
NEI-13 Bamboo PW Camp, Makassar, Celebes
NEI-14 [Makassar] PW Camp, Celebes [Kampong Makassar]
NEI-15 Bedadari, PW Camp,. Borneo
NEI-??? Muna [Moena], Raha POW Camp *
Camp Halmaheira near Samarang [Source- Internee Peter A. Roed]
Camp Tjamahi near Bandung [Source- Internee Peter A. Roed]
NEI-101 Muntok, Bangka Is. off E/ Coast of Sumatra
NEI-102 Kuching Civ. Int. Camp, Sarawak. Borneo
NEI-151 Kendari Prison, Celebes, Neth. E. Indies
NEI-152 Heetjans Weg, Bandoeng, West Java
NEI-153 Kempei Tai-Singkang      TOP

SEA - SOUTHEAST ASIA   TOP
Special: Changi Museum - not for research but honors the POWS- worth a visit if in Singapore
Special: Dutch View of the Burma Death Railway [EXTERNAL LINK]
Special: RAF in Java [Excellent and highly detailed site- worth visiting and linking]
SEA-0 General and Indefinite Information on Southeast Asia Area (Thailand, India, French
Indochina, Malaya States, Burma and Adjacent Is.)
SEA-1 Kanchanaburi, Thailand.
SEA-2 Saigon PW Camp, French Indo-China
SEA-3 Penang PW Camp, Malaya Peninsula [west coast- could also be the same as the Convent Light Street School- survivors of the submarine USS Grenadier (SS 210) that was sunk 22 Apr 1943] [External Link]
SEA-XX- Maymyo Civilian Camp
SEA-4 Rangoon PW Camp, Burma [Rangoon Jail- closed 29 Apr 1945] [External Link- go to NEI camps]
SEA-5 Changi PW Camp, Singapore [Research Help file]
SEA-6 Hintoku, Sea-Asia
SEA-7 Tarso, Se-Asia
SEA-8 Singapore, Southeast Asia, Malaya
SEA-9 Burma Camp-108 (Kilo Camps) Southeast Asia Area, Burma
SEA-10 Hanoi, French Indo-China
SEA-11 Tonchin PW Camp, Thailand
SEA-151 Outram Road Prison, Singapore, Malaya
SEA-152 Rangoon City Jail, Burma
SEA-201 80 Kilo Camp, Hospital, Burma     TOP

Miscellaneous Islands- Carolines. Gilberts, Marianas, Marcus, Marshall, Soloman, Wake & Palau   TOP

CA - CAROLINE ISLANDS
CA-x Truk Island
Ca-251 Beating of E.F. Ricketts for consecutive days by Tukhei on Truk CA-252 Imp Questioning of crew of U.S.S. Sculpin at Truk.

GI - GILBERT ISLANDS
Gi-251 Prisoners killed by bayonets on Tarawa

Hainan - POWs from Ambon

Mar- MARIANA ISLANDS
Mar-1 GUAM PW CAMP
Mar-2
Mar-3 PW Camp at Agaña, Guam
Mar-251 2 U.S. flyers found burned, one beheaded, on Saipan.
Mar-252 Exposure to danger of gunfire of US PW's at Dunkas Beach, Agaña, Guam, 10 Dec 41.

Magia Is. - MAGIA ISLAND DISTRICT
Magia Is.-1 Magia Is. District PW Camp

Marcus - MARCUS ISLAND
Marcus-251 Beating of U.S. Flyers on Marcus Is., 4 Sept 43. TOP

Mars - MARSHALL ISLANDS
Mars-251 Beheading of 5 U.S. fliers & 2 Priests on Mille Atoll
Mars-252 Mistreatment of Zamperine & Phillips at Kwajelein
Mars-253 Beating of Tinker on Jalvit Is.
xx- Jaluit Atoll - execution of 3 captured fliers

Ry- RYUKYU ISLANDS
Ry-1 Tocuno-Shima (Between Okinawa & Kyushu Is)
Ry-2 Amamia, Shima Ryukyu Islands

Kuriles - KURILES ISLANDS
Kuriles-251 Beating of 3 U.S. P.W.s at Paramoshiri, Kuriles Island, 19 May 45 (See Saporro POW Camp- Milt Zack's story)
Kuriles-252 Improper marching of PWs on Paramoshiri, Kuriles Island, May 45.    TOP

SO - SOLOMON ISLANDS
So-1 Teninbaubau PW Camp, Bougainville
So-X Ballale Airstrip - 517 Royal Artillery men from Singapore- built airstrip- all died- 436 known to be massacred - external link- well illustrated
Bodies of 24 men never recovered (story of Gunner Alfred W. Burgess)

WA - WAKE ISLAND
Wa-1 Wake Island- The full story as told by the USMC Historical Center
       Diary of Wake civilian POW- Emmett Newell
PA - PALAU ISLAND
Pa-1 Gaspan PW Camp, Babelthuap, Palau
PA-2 Babelthuap PW Camp, Palau
Pa-3 Koror PW Camp, Palau  TOP