Vol. 10, Number 1
Spring - Summer 2009
TAIWAN POW CAMPS MEMORIAL SOCIETY
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TAIWAN POW CAMPS MEMORIAL SOCIETY - BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Michael Hurst, MBE - Society Director -
VP and General Mgr., J. Chen Enterprises Taiwan; Writer; Historian
Prof. Jerome Keating, PhD. - Professor, Writer; Historian
Jack Hsu - Supervisor, Admin Dept., SEMPO, DORTS, Taipei City Gov’t.; Ret. Lt. Cmdr., ROC Navy
Ted Chen - Project Executive, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Mark Wilkie - Educational Development and Training Practitioner; Historian; former soldier
Stuart Saunders - President, Esdesign Industrial Design
HISTORICAL ADVISORS. . .
Prof. Jack Geddes - Professor, Historian, Writer, Missionary, Canada
Harry Blackham – former FEPOW, England
OVERSEAS REPRESENTATIVES. . .
UK - Cliff Foster clifffoster_600@hotmail.comAustralia - Rod Martin ramartin46@optusnet.com.au
EX-OFFICIO. . .
Alice Cawte - Representative, Australian Commerce and Industry Office, Taipei
David Campbell - Director-General, British Trade and Cultural Office, Taipei
Ron MacIntosh – Executive Director, Canadian Trade Office in Taipei
Menno Goedhart – Representative, Netherlands Trade and Investment Office, Taipei
Michelle Slade - Director, New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office, Taipei
LOGO of the TAIWAN POW CAMPS
MEMORIAL SOCIETY
Our logo - a poppy cross superimposed on a map of Taiwan - was chosen because in the fall of 1998 the returning POWs laid poppy crosses at all the former campsites they visited. The poppy cross is recognised worldwide as a symbol of remembrance to war veterans.
THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE TAIWAN POW CAMPS MEMORIAL SOCIETY
- to continue the search for survivors of the Taiwan POW camps from 1942 – 45.
- to search for the locations of the former Japanese POW camps on theisland of Taiwan. [ completed ]
- to ensure the memory of the Taiwan POWs is not forgotten.
- to help with the organization of, and participate in, the Commonwealth and Allied memorial service for the Taiwan POWs at Chinguashi every November.
- to help educate the people of Taiwan in a little-known part of their history.
- to provide information to researchers scholars, museums and POW groups on the Taiwan POWs’ story.
LIST OF TAIWAN POW CAMPS. . . all found !
1. KINKASEKI #1 (Chinguashi)2. TAICHU #2 (Taichung)
3. HEITO #3 (PingTung)
4. SHIRAKAWA #4 (Chiayi)
5. TAIHOKU #5 MOSAK (Taipei)
6. TAIHOKU #6 (Taipei)
7. KARENKO (Hualien)
8. TAMAZATO (Yuli)
9. KUKUTSU (Taipei)
10. OKA (Taipei)
11. TOROKU - (Touliu)
12. INRIN - (Yuanlin)
13. INRIN TEMP. (Yuanlin)
14. TAKAO (Kaohsiung)
15. CHURON (Taipei)
Thought . . .
Talk is cheap! We must show by our actions that we mean what we say.