Kamioka POW Camp
Nagoya POW Command #1-B
(was Osaka #7-B)

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Kamioka POW Camp, Nagoya Detach 1-B

Location:
Nagoya 1-B KAMIOKA
Employer of slaves: MITSUI KOZAN (Kozan=Mining)*
GIFU-ken, YOSHIKI-gun, ASOFU-mura, WASAHO 1444
* designates a private company in command of camp.


Aerial View: before food drop - Sept 1945
Location Maps: (Topo)     (Street)
Satellite (Google)


Looking uphill at the barracks


Camp History:

10 Nov 1942: Dutch POWS arrive from Kamakura Maru ex Java (Surabaya)
08 Dec 1942: Established as Osaka KAMIOKA Branch Camp
18 Feb 1943: Renamed Osaka 7-B
25 Mar 1944: Dr Jackson & Dutch Medical Officer Irens arrive from Ichioka (Osaka Stadium Hospital)
29 May 1944: 150 Yanks Arrive ex Mukden
06 Aug 1944: 194 more Yanks arrive- ex Nissyo Maru through Moji from Manila/Formosa
06 Apr 1945: Jurisdictional control transferred to Nagoya POW Camp 1-B
Aug 1945: Renamed Nagoya 7-B
Sep 1945: Rescue effected


Camp Layout:

Sketch #1 - Sharp hand drawn layout
Sketch #2 - not as clear- photostat original


Inerviews:

 Primary Slave Labor Use:

Zinc and lead mining.
NOTE: Frequently misrepresented as Omuta but that is another sub-camp in the Fukuoka area. Read commentary by Ray Makepiece

Pase Diary-

Detailed history of events leading to men arriving at this camp by 1st Sgt Joseph G Pase- outstanding diary of major events during captivity at Kamioka plus extensive time-line

Camp Rosters:

Now located at NARA, RG 407 Box 102.
(verified 193 Yanks plus one British doctor)
American Roster- draft based upon POW Diaries; approx 150 Americans yet to be documented.
Dutch (not verifiable by the Center for Research)

Known British:

Boulding, Walter Frederick,Gnr
Charles James Brandon, 242nd RAF Sqn
Nicholas Guthrie Glenton, 100th RAF Sqn
Stephen Robinson Harle, LAC, 100th RAF Sqn
Tom McRobert Stitt, 155th Field Regt. RA
Walker
Camp Doctor: Tony Jackson (British)- Royal Navy Surgeon. Also known affectionately as "The Doc" or "Jocko"; previously at Osaka Ichioka POW Hospital.

Japanese Camp Staff:

A partial list of Japanese staff including rank. Guard staff was changed weekly.
War Crime Trials:
Sgt Mantani, Unosuke-[External site] Guard - Life imprisonment
Pvt Shimoda, Ryoichi - [External site] Guard - 20 years hard labor

Books Describing Life at Kamioka:

Jackson, Charles R. (Edited by B.H. Norton) "I AM ALIVE" Marine captured on Corregidor and rescued at Kamioka. Fantastic reading! (Roger Mansell-Director)

WORMSER, J.A., De nacht van de rijzende zon. Een Hollandse krijgsgevangene in Japan, 1942-1945. Orig. edn.Kampen, Kok, s.d. [circa], 1995. Verbatim text, in English, of the speech as held by Colonel Mirata, commander Osaka P.O.W. camp, 11th December 1942, addressing P.O.W., name-list of 302 Dutch and British P.O.W. as held at camp Kamioka, Osaka, incl. marking those who perished, table being exchange-rates of goods for food/medicine, incl. examples of loss of weight to Dutch P.O.W., glossary of Malay/Japanese words and expressions-Dutch.

Camp Photographs and Modern Day Pictures of Kamioka

Articles:

Wade Waldrup story (25 May 1997)