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) |
Welcome…
We are pleased to welcome Mr. Michael Reilly, the new Director-General of the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei as an ex-officio member of our board of directors as of January this year. Michael replaces Derek Marsh who left Taiwan in December for a happy retirement. We want to express our appreciation for the interest and support that Derek and his wife Frances gave to our Society and we wish them well and look forward to working with Michael and the staff of the BTCO in the days ahead. |
HELP WANTED…
Private Glyn Jones - # 2534703, 1st Battalion, D. Company, Manchester Reg’t.
Mrs. Helen Carr has written from the UK asking for information on her father who was a POW in Taiwan. He never spoke of his time as a POW and the family would like to know more about him and his experiences as a POW. He was held at Heito and Taihoku Camp 6. He was very ill at the end of the war when evacuated, and was taken on the New Zealand hospital ship Maunganui to New Zealand for further medical care and treatment before returning home to England.
If there is anyone who knew Pte. Jones – from the Manchester Reg’t., or from one or more of the camps, please get in touch with Mrs. Carr at email -helen.carr@merseymail.com. |
A word regarding donations to the Society:
Banks in Taiwan are reluctant to accept anything other than US dollars, so if making a donation to the Society please send the funds in US$ - preferably in a bank draft/cashier’s cheque - made payable to - J. CHEN. |
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CHINA MUSEUM DELEGATION VISITS TAIWAN
In mid-December 2005 the Society was pleased to play host for a day to a delegation of museum directors from Mainland China who had been invited to Taiwan to take part in a conference on Japanese atrocities in China and Taiwan during World War II.
Society Director, Michael Hurst acted as tour guide for the distinguished group which included Curator Wang Xin Hua of the Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression - which is located at the site of the famous Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing, Pres. Wang Peng and Mr. Yu De Ji of the Crime Evidence Exhibition Hall of the Japanese Imperial Army Unit 731 in Pingfang District, Harbin, and Ms. Hou Gui Hua Head of the Exhibition Hall of the former Fushun War Criminal Prison – where Emperor Pu-Yi was held after his capture at the end of WWII and “re-educated” along with other Japanese war criminals. The following photos depict the events of the day –  The group visited the ROC Armed Forces Museum to view the display on the 60th Anniversary of the end of World War II and the POW Society’s special exhibition on the Taiwan POW Camps during WWII. This was followed by a visit to the new ‘Prisoner of War Memorial Park’ and the POW Memorial in Chinguashi where the group learned more about the Kinkaseki POW Camp and the other camps on the island as well.
 The last stop of the day featured a visit to the Gold Museum at Chinguashi were museum staff member Wu Wei-Hsiu gave the group a tour of the facility.
Having met several of these museum directors on previous visits to China, it was an honour to be able to return their hospitality and to show them a little of what the Allied POWs suffered here in Taiwan during the war. They were all impressed with the work being done and promised their support and co-operation in the future. |
