In the spring of 1944, after working on a flood diversion channel in the river that ran nearby the Taichu Camp for nearly two years, a huge typhoon flooded the river valley and the camp was threatened forcing the POWs to move. The camp was evacuated and the men were sent temporarily to a nearby school after which Taichu Camp was subsequently closed. Most of the "fit' men were then moved to Heito Camp in the south of the island. However some of the POWs were not well enough to do the manual work required at Heito, so another camp was set up in an old hotel in the town of Inrin (Yuanlin) for about 100 sick men who needed time and care to recover.
There were two doctors in the camp and with care and better food many of the men recovered to survive the war. For the most part they did light gardening and farming near the camp. They were able to grow vegetables for their own use which greatly improved conditions and the men's health. Later, over the next months, some of the POWs were moved to Shirakawa Camp for better medical care.
In early March 1945 Inrin Camp was closed and the remaining 43 POWs were moved to Toroku Camp where they joined some Americans and also some other British POWs who had formerly been at Heito Camp. On April 11, Toroku Camp was closed and the POWs were all transferred to Shirakawa Camp where they remained until the end of the war.