These pages contain the names of the men interned in the prisoner of war camps on the island of Taiwan. We want this list to serve as a lasting memorial to all those who suffered and those who died. We owe these men a debt that can never be repaid, and their memory must Never be Forgotten.

This list is not complete and we are trying to find the names of all the former Taiwan POW's. If you know of anyone who was a POW on Taiwan, please e-mail us the details at society@powtaiwan.org.

You can view the complete list of names from the starting points below:

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All Fields Last Name First Name Rank Regiment Country Camps

What It Meant to be a Far East Prisoner of War (FEPOW) . . .

• 25% of FEPOWs captured by the Japanese were killed or died in captivity, compared with 5% of those captured by the Germans and Italians.
• FEPOW deaths as a precentage were the highest rate of all the World War II battle fronts involving British troops.
• FEPOWs suffered trauma 24 hours a day, with the constant threat of death, disease, beatings, torture, starvation, seeing their comrades dying around them, burying them and even being forced to dig their own graves.

It is doubtful that any other group of our citizens in this century has suffered such appalling trauma.
There was no "post traumatic syndrome" counsel when the FEPOWs returned - they were simply sent home after 3 1/2 years of horror and told to get on on with their lives. It is to their credit and the benefit of later generations that they did just that.
Surely it is time to recognize their suffering and the tremendous contribution they have made to peace and to our life in the 20th century.

Adapted from the Halifax Dist. FEPOW Beacon