LIST of POW CAMPS

Updated:  January 26, 2007 (Revised the list of camps in Japan {see Note 4}, added a link to a list of POW camps in Burma & Thailand that were on the "Burma Railway" and revised the list of camps in Manchuria {see Note 5})

NOTES:

1.  Additional information about many of these POW Camps is available on Roger Mansell's web site.  To see the available information, go back to the Home Page, then look under "SEARCH AIDS" and click on "Internet Sites."  Then click on "Center for Research, Allied POWS under the Japanese."  When that site comes up, click on the word "LINKS" in the top line of the main page.  POW Camp names are in alphabetical sequence and those that are underlined (clickable) have additional information that may include a POW roster.  Roger updates his site frequently - keep checking it for more information.

2.  Except for two entries under China & Hong Kong, Civilian Internment Camps have not been included.

3.  The numbers at the left of each POW Camp name are for Japanese-pow Listserv members to use in identifying the names of POW Camps that appear on the "roster."  Numbers greater than 400 are not listed in numerical sequence.  The 400 series numbers are in Borneo.  The 500 series numbers are in the Formosa group of POW Camps and are located after POW Camp #169.  The 700 series numbers are at the end of the Luzon Island Group of Camps in the Philippines.

4.  The revised list of POW Camps in Japan is based on POW Camps in Japan Proper by Tori Fukubayashi as translated by Yuka Ibuki.  It is augmented by information from Wes Injerd's ALL-JAPAN POW CAMP GROUP HISTORY web page.  These two references may be seen by clicking on the links in the previous sentence.

5.  The list of POW camps in Manchuria has been revised based on information in Cynthia B. Caples' article that is included on Roger Mansell's web site.  Instructions for opening Roger's web site are in Note 1, above.

1 Fukuoka Main (No POWs) - 1st Location

2 Fukuoka Main (No POWs) - 2nd Location

3 Fukuoka Main (No POWs) - 3rd Location

4 Kumamoto Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 1-B) - 1st Location

5 Kashii Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 1-B) - 2nd Location

6 Fukuoka Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 1-B) - 3rd Location

7 Hakozaki Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 1-B) - 4th Location - Also called "Pine Tree Camp"

8 Koyagi (Nagasaki) Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 2-B)

9 Yawata Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 3-B)

10 Kokura Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 3-B)

11 Moji Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 4-B) (and Moji Dispensary)

12 Omine (Soeda) Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 5-B)

13 Mizumaki Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 6-B)

14 Futase Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 7-B)

15 Inatsuki (Yamano) Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 8-B)

16 Miyata Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 9-B)

17 Nagasaki Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 14-B)

18 Omuta Miike Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 17-B)

19 Sasebo Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 18-B)

20 Nakama Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 21-B)

21 Honami Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 22-B)

22 Keisen Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 23-B)

23 Emukae Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 24-B)

24 Omuta Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 25-B)

25 Keisen Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 26-B)

26 Tagawa Branch Camp (Fukuoka # 27-B)

27 Tanoura Dispatched Camp (Fukuoka # 6-D)

28 Kudamatsu Dispatched Camp (Fukuoka # 7-D)

29 Saganoseki Dispatched Camp (Fukuoka # 13-D)

30 Kokura Military Hospital
 

31 Hakodate Main Camp (at Hakodate Quarantine Sta.)

32 Hakodate Main Camp (at Bibai)

33 Muroran Branch Camp (Hakodate # 1-B)

34 Nakajima Branch Camp (Hakodate # 1-B)

35 Ashibetsu Branch Camp ( Hakodate # 1-B)

36 Akahira Branch Camp (Hakodate # 2-B)

37 Utashinai Branch Camp (Hakodate # 3-B)

38 Nishi Ashibetsu Branch Camp (Hakodate # 4-B)

39 Kamiiso Dispatched Camp (Hakodate # 1-D)

40 Kameda Dispatched Camp (Hakodate # 2-D)

41 Yakumo Detached Camp (Hakodate # 1-Detach)

42 Hiroshima Main Camp (No POWs)

43 Zentsuji Branch Camp (Hiroshima # 1-B)

44 Niihama Branch Camp (Hiroshima # 2-B)

45 Tamano Branch Camp (Hiroshima # 3-B)

46 Mukaijima Branch Camp (Hiroshima # 4-B)

47 Innoshima Branch Camp (Hiroshima # 5-B)

48 Omine Branch Camp (Hiroshima # 6-B)

49 Okinoyama Branch Camp (Hiroshima # 7-B)

50 Motoyama Branch Camp (Hiroshima # 8-B)

51 Ohama Branch Camp (Hiroshima # 9-B)

52 Yamane Dispatched Camp (Hiroshima # 3-D)

53 Ube Higashimisome Dispatched Camp (Hiroshima # 8-D)

54 Nagoya Main Camp (No POWs) - 1st Location

55 Nagoya Main Camp (No POWs) - 2nd Location

56 Kamioka Branch Camp (Nagoya # 1-B)

57 Narumi Branch Camp (Nagoya # 2-B)

58 Funatsu Branch Camp (Nagoya #3-B)

59 Iruka Branch Camp (Nagoya # 4-D)

60 Yokkaichi Branch Camp (Nagoya # 5-B)

61 Takaoka Branch Camp (Nagoya # 6-B)

62 Toyama Branch Camp (Nagoya # 7-B)

63 Tateyama Branch Camp (Nagoya # 8-B)

64 Jinzu Branch Camp (Nagoya # 9-B)

65 Fushiki Branch Camp (Nagoya # 10-B)

66 Iwase Branch Camp (Nagoya # 11-B)

67 Osaka (Chikko) Main Camp

68 Osaka Branch Camp (Osaka # 1-B)

69 Kobe Branch Camp (Osaka #2-B)

70 Kobe Branch Camp (Osaka #2-B)

71 Kobe Branch Camp (Osaka #2-B)

72 Oeyama Branch Camp (Osaka # 3-B)

73 Tanagawa Branch Camp (Osaka # 4-B)

74 Ikuno Branch Camp (Osaka # 4-B)

75 Tsuruga Branch Camp (Osaka # 5-B)

76 Tsuruga Branch Camp (Osaka # 5-B)

77 Akenobe Branch Camp (Osaka # 6-B)

78 Takefu Branch Camp (Osaka # 7-B)

79 Sakurajima Branch Camp (Osaka # 8-B)

80 Noda Branch Camp (Osaka # 8-B)

81 Amagasaki Branch Camp (Osaka # 9-B)

82 Notogawa Branch Camp (Osaka # 9-B)

83 Taisho Branch Camp (Osaka # 10-B)

84 Maibara Branch Camp (Osaka # 10-B)

85 Rokuroshi Branch Camp (Osaka # 11-B)

86 Hirohata Branch Camp (Osaka # 12-B)

87 Tsumori Branch Camp (Osaka # 13-B)

88 Wakayama Branch Camp (Osaka # 14-B)

89 Wakinohama Branch Camp (Osaka # 18-B)

90 Notogawa Branch Camp (Osaka # 24-B) - See 9B Notes

91 Umeda Dispatched Camp (Osaka # 2-D)

92 Yodogawa Dispatched Camp (Osaka # 3-D)

93 Kawasaki Dispatched Camp (Osaka # 5-D)

94 Harima Dispatched Camp (Osaka # 7-D)

95 Naruo Dispatched Camp (Osaka # 8-D)

96 Hirohata Dispatched Camp (Osaka # 12-D)

97 Ichioka POW Hospital Ward

98 Kobe POW Hospital

99 Sendai Main Camp (No POWs)

100 Yumoto Branch Camp (Sendai # 1-B)

101 Yoshima Branch Camp (Sendai # 2-B)

102 Hosokura Branch Camp (Sendai # 3-B)

103 Ohashi Branch Camp (Sendai # 4-B)

104 Kamaishi Branch Camp (Sendai # 5-B)

105 Hanawa Branch Camp (Sendai # 6-B)

106 Hanaoka Branch Camp (Sendai # 7B)

107 Kosaka Branch Camp (Sendai # 8-B)

108 Sakata Branch Camp (Sendai # 9-B)

109 Waki Sennin Branch Camp (Sendai # 10-B)

110 Kamikita Branch Camp (Sendai # 11-B)

111 Tokyo Main Camp (Shinagawa)

112 Tokyo Main Camp (Omori)

113 Shinagawa POW Hospital

114 Ofuna Naval POW Camp

115 Kawasaki Branch Camp (Tokyo # 1-B)

116 Kawasaki Ogimachi Branch Camp (Tokyo # 2-B) - "Mitsui Madhouse"

117 Yokohama Branch Camp (Tokyo # 3-B)

118 Nagaoka Branch Camp (Tokyo # 3-B)

119 Nagaoko Detached Camp (Tokyo # 3-B Detach)

120 Naoetsu Branch Camp (Tokyo # 4-B) - 1st Location

121 Naoetsu Branch Camp (Tokyo # 4-B) - 2nd Location

122 Naoetsu Branch Camp (Tokyo # 4-B) - 3rd Location

123 Niigata Branch Camp (Tokyo # 5-B) - 1st Location

124 Niigata Branch Camp (Tokyo # 5-B) - 2nd Location

125 Niigata Branch Camp (Tokyo # 5-B) - 3rd Location

126 Niigata Branch Camp (Tokyo # 5-B) Same location as 2nd

127 Suwa Branch Camp (Tokyo # 6-B)

128 Hitachi Daioin Branch Camp (Tokyo # 7-B)

129 Hitachi Motoyama Branch Camp (Tokyo # 8-B)

130 Ashio Branch Camp (Tokyo # 9-B)

131 Ashio Detached Camp (Tokyo # 9-B Detach)

132 Sumidagawa Branch Camp (Tokyo # 10-B)

133 Kawaguchi Branch Camp (Tokyo # 11-B)

134 Hiraoka (Mitsushima) Branch Camp (Tokyo # 12-B)

135 Omi Branch Camp (Tokyo # 13-B)

136 Tsurumi Branch Camp (Tokyo # 14-B)

137 Niigata Ironworks Branch Camp (Tokyo # 15-B)

138 Kanose Branch Camp (Tokyo # 16-B)

139 Nisshin Oil Branch Camp (Tokyo # 17-B) - 1st Location

140 Nisshin Oil Branch Camp (Tokyo # 17-B) - 2nd Location

141 Mitsubishi Dispatched Camp (Tokyo # 1-D)

142 Tsurumi Dispatched Camp (Tokyo # 3-D)

143 Kawasaki Dispatched Camp (Tokyo # 5-D)

144 Kawasaki Ogimachi Dispatched Camp (Tokyo # 9-D)

145 Yokahama Dispatched Camp (Tokyo # 10-D)

146 Yokahama Dispatched Camp (Tokyo # 13-D)

147 Yokahama Dispatched Camp (Tokyo # 18-D)

148 Yokahama Dispatched Camp (Tokyo # 19-D)

149 Kawasaki Dispatched Camp (Tokyo # 23-D)

150 Kawasaki Dispatched Camp (Tokyo # 24-D)

161 Heito, Camp #3

162 Karenko

163 Shirakawa Camp #4

164 Churon

165 Taihoku Camp #5

166 Taihoku Camp #6

167 Taichu Camp #2

168 Keelung (This was a holding facility only - not a POW Camp)

169 Kinkaseki Camp #1

501 Tamazato

502 Kukutsu

503 Oka

504 Toroku

505 Inrin

506 Inrin Temporary Camp

507 Takao

170 Jinsen

171 Fusan

172 Keijo #3

173 Keijo Main Camp

174 Keijo Branch Camp #1

175 Keijo Dispatch Camp #1

176 Konan

177 Rempo

178 Repho

179 Ryuzan

180 Seishin

181 Hoten Temporary (Chinese Barracks),  November 11, 1942 until July 29, 1943

182 Hoten Main Camp, July 29, 1943 until liberation

183 Hoten Sub-camp #1, Established May 2, 1944 (Work detail for ~ 150 POWs at Manshu Hikaku leather company)

184 Hoten Sub-camp #2, Established June 24, 1944 (Work detail for ~ 180 POWs at Manshu Hanpu cloth company)

185 Hoten Sub-camp #3, Established August 15, 1944 (Work detail for ~ 125 POWs at Nakayama Seikosho steel company & Tomo Mukuzai lumber company)

186 Hoten Branch Camp #1 - Zheng Village, now Shuangliao (246+ Officers & EM from Formosa arrived on November 12, 1944.  Closed on May 20, 1945 & remaining POWs moved to Hoten Main Camp)

187 Hoten Branch Camp #2 - Xi'an County, now Liaoyuan (34 highest ranking Allied Officers moved from Zheng Village on December 1, 1944)

220 Kiangwan

222 Woosung

BH Bridge House Gaol, Shanghai

HRC Haiphong Road Camp, Shanghai

NOTE: The initials "PMPC" in parentheses after some Philippine Islands POW Camps in the list below stands for "Philippine Military Prison Camp" and that is followed by a number. This is the POW Camp identification as it was used on the cards furnished by the Japanese to POWs to send home at times. If you have a POW card that shows a PMPC number for a camp and that number is not shown on this list (or you know the correct identification of other Camps), please send that information to John Lewis (see link at bottom of the Home Page) so this list can be further annotated. This will help others that may have cards to know where their relative was when the card was sent.

300 Bilibid Prison, Manila (PMPC #3)

301 Camp Murphy

302 Fort McKinley

303 Fort Santiago

304 Engineer Island

305 Las Pinas (PMPC #4)

306 Nichols Field

307 Paranaque

308 Port Terminal Building (PMPC #11)

309 Zablan Field

310 Bayambang (PMPC #5)

311 Cabanatuan Camp #1 (PMPC #1)

312 Cabanatuan Camp #2

313 Cabanatuan Camp #3

314 Limay (Bataan)

315 Lipa (Batangas) (PMPC #10B)

316 Nasugbu

317 O'Donnell

318 Pasay (Nielson & Nichols Fields Details) (PMPC #10D)

319 Tarlac

320 Tuy Air Force Base

701 Clark Field (PMPC #10C)

702 Tayabas

703 Bachrach Garage (PMPC #8)

321 Fort Hughes

322 Fort Mills (PMPC #7)

323 Malinta Tunnel Hospital

324 92nd Garage

325 Fort Drum

326 Davao Penal Colony (PMPC #2)

327 Lasang

328 Malaybalay (Camp Casisang)

329 Palawan Barracks, Palawan Island (PMPC #10A)

330 Changi Camp

331 Changi Gaol (Prison)

332a Blangkedjeren #9

332b Blangkedjeren #23

332c Blangkedjeren #38

333 Djambi

334 Galang

335 Gloegoer I

336 Kebon Durian

337 Lawesigalagala

338a Camp 1

338b Camp 2

338c Camp 2A

338d Camp 3

338e Camp 4

338f Camp 5

338g Camp 6

338h Camp 7

338i Camp 7A

338j Camp 8

338k Camp 9

338l Camp 10

338m Camp 11

338n Camp 12

338o Camp 13

338p Camp 14

339 Chungwa

340 Mulo School

341 Soengai Geroe

342 Soengai Sengkol

343 Artillery Barracks

344 Tjimahi

345 Exhibition Building

346 XVe Infantry Battalion Barracks

347 First Infantry Depot

348 134th Depot Battalion

349 Soekamiskin

350 Land's Opvoedings Gesticht

351 Tjilatjap

352 Adek

353 Xth Battalion (Bicycle Camp)

354 Glodok Gaol (Boei Gloduk)

355 Struiwijk

356 Darmo

357 Jaarmarkt

358 Kuching

359 Sandakan

401 Jesselton

360 Makassar

361 Pomalaa

362 Menado Military Barracks

363 Poso

364 Rapang

365 Atamboea (Timor Island)

366 Dilli (Timor Island)

367 Flores (Flores Island)

368 Amahei (Ambon Island)

369 Haroekoe I (Ceram Island)

370 Liang (Ambon Island)

371 Manokwari (New Guinea)

372 Prafi River Camp (New Guinea)

373 Windehsi (New Guinea)

374 Wiringgi (New Guinea)

375 Bita Paka (New Britain)

376 Kokupo (New Britain)

377 Rabaul (New Britain)

378 Yamato Camp (Babel Thuap Island in the Palau Islands)

Note: Also called the "Burma-Siam Railway", "Thai-Burma Railway" or "Death Railway". A complete list of POW Camps on the Burma Railway, including notes about most of the camps, is available on the following web site:

http://www.btrma.org.au/articles/camplist5.htm

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