| LIST
OF TAIWAN POW
CAMPS. . .
- KINKASEKI
#1 (Chinguashi) - found
- TAICHU
#2 (Taichung) - found
- HEITO
#3 (PingTung) - found
- SHIRAKAWA
#4 (Chiayi) - found
- TAIHOKU
#5 MOSAK (Taipei) - found
- TAIHOKU
#6 (Taipei) - found
- KARENKO
(Hualien) - found
- TAMAZATO
(YuLi) - found
- KUKUTSU
(Taipei) - found
- OKA
(Taipei) - almost
- TOROKU
- (Touliu) - found
- INRIN
- (Yuanlin) - found
- INRIN
TEMPORARY (Yuanlin) - found
- TAKAO
(Kaohsiung) - found
- CHURON
(Taipei) - found
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| UPDATE
ON POW THE PROJECT...
Although we have found almost all of the fifteen former Japanese
POW camps on Taiwan, there is still much work that needs to
be done to ensure that what went on in those camps is known
and recorded for history, and the memory of the men who were
interned in those camps is not forgotten.
It is taking longer than anticipated, but we have been encouraged
by recent developments and are optimistic that we should be
able to get approval from the Taiwan military to erect a fourth
POW memorial stone on the site of the Heito Camp in Southern
Taiwan sometime in the coming year.
Because local construction made it necessary to relocate the
Kukutsu Memorial stone, we had been discussing alternate locations
with the local county government, but now some renewed interest
has been shown and the authorities are asking us to work with
them to have the site of the former camp declared as a historic
area. This is a real encouragement as well.
There is also interest from a local film company in making
a documentary film about the POWs and the Kinkaseki and Kukutsu
Camps, and meetings are scheduled to start early in the new
year in this regard. We have been asked to provide historical
and technical help with the film so this could be a big project
as well.
Work is progressing well on the new museum building in Chinguashi
and it is expected that the facility will open in the spring
of 2004. We will have a display of POW artifacts, photos and
documents in the museum to help Taiwanese learn more about
this untold part of their history.
It looks like some exciting times are ahead for the Society
in the coming year – we’ll keep you informed! |
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In
Memorium
The
following former Taiwan POWs have passed away since our last newsletter.
We extend our sincerest sympathy to the wives and families of these
men and assure them that although they are no longer with us, they
will
Never Be Forgotten!
STANLEY
BESZANT
PTE., ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
POW CAMP NO. 38
MARCH 2001
GEORGE
HINTON
LIEUT., 155TH FIELD REG’T. R.A.
POW CAMP NO. 241
APRIL 2001
FRED
DOWN
SPR., ROYAL ENGINEERS
POW CAMP NO. 728
JUNE 2001
SIDNEY
EDWARDS
GNR., 80TH ANTI-TANK REG’T., R.A.
POW CAMP NO. 160
AUGUST 9, 2001
LESLIE
EARDLEY
GNR., 7TH COAST REG’T., R.A.
POW CAMP NO. 729
SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
BERNARD
JAMES WILSON
CPL., ROYAL ENGINEERS
POW CAMP NO. 938
SEPTEMBER 16, 2001
ARTHUR
SMITH
GNR., 155TH FIELD REG’T., R.A.
POW CAMP NO. 432
OCTOBER 2001
FRED
MOORHOUSE
GNR., 80TH ANTI-TANK REG’T. R.A.
POW CAMP NO. 350
NOVEMBER 20, 2001
WILLIAM
R. EVANS
200 COAST ARTILLERY, US ARMY
DECEMBER 2, 2001
HARRY
AUTY
TPR., 18TH BTN. RECON. CORPS.
POW CAMP NO. 946
MAY 19, 2002
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