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Wes Injerd ------------------------------------------ Fukuoka-06B-Mizumaki (Orio) (NIPPON KOGYO ONGA KOGYO-SHO) Location: FUKUOKA-ken, ONGA-gun, MIZUMAKI-machi  Area Map detail of location Satellite View (Google) Time Line: 22 Apr 1943: Established as Fukuoka #15-B 1 Dec 1943: Renamed Fukuoka 9-D Aug 1945: Renamed Fukuoka 6-B 21 Aug 1943: Australian George A. Irwin murdered. See War Crime entry. Sep 1945: Rescue effected Photographs: Photographs: External site- somewhat slow loading - Numerous pictures taken at liberation Monument to the 871 Dutch Prisoners who perished at this and other camps in Japan. External Site: Mizumaki Town memorial site |
Labor: Coal Mining - 1062 men worked as slaves. Hell Ship: Original group of British arrive on the Singapore Maru Numerous Americans possibly arrived earlier (at Fuk-02B) on the Kamakura or Tofuku Maru. War Crime: Murder of Australian Private George Alfred Irwin on 21 August 1943 by Sgt Maj. Tsuguo Iwanuma. Summary of testimony for War Crimes Division. Lts. Cohn & Humphrey Report, SCAP Legal, investigation of Japanese staff involved in murder of Irwin. Affidavits: Aki, Patrick K. (CPNAB) - Newspaper article relating his experiences. Condit, Gomer Henry (CPNAB) - Affidavit relating mistreatment at Fukuoka #1 by guard named "Bucktooth". Rosters: This camp contained 1062 POWs at time of rescue. Complete rescue rosters not located yet. Americans: not the actual rescue roster as it is dated 1 July 1945. One man perished in July 1945 after transfer to Fukuoka #3 at Yawata. Many Americans known to have been previously at Fukuoka #2B Nagasaki at unknown date in 1945. Deaths: Per Japanese Research Network NOTE: Dutch web site now lists all of the Dutch in this camp. Very important research and a "must see". (Google translation to English) Another website has full Dutch roster in this camp; courtesy of Oriol Rijken. Site created by noted historian Henk Beekhuis. (Google translation)  Diary of Ton Verstraaten - website by Jan Verstraaten. Website in Dutch -- Google translation into English (not the most accurate but enough to read all the links)Known - Senior British were Majors Graham & Busby per Red Cross Report, 13 April 1943. |
6-B Roster Summary- Statistics Courtesy of Wes Injerd
FUKUOKA-ken, ONGA-gun, MIZUMAKI-machi
| NATIONALITY | OFFICER | NON COM. AND PRIVATE | TOTAL | CIVILIAN | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRITISH | 1 | 115 | 116 | 1 | 117 |
| AMERICAN | --- | 93 | 93 | 45 | 138 |
| DUTCH | 7 | 756 | 763 | 1 | 764 |
| AUSTRALIAN | --- | 41 | 41 | --- | 41 |
| CANADIAN | --- | 1 | 1 | --- | 1 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 1 | --- | 1 | --- | 1 |
| TOTAL | 9 | 1006 | 1015 | 47 | 1062 |