Fukuoka-06B-Mizumaki

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Source: Camp location courtesy Wes Injerd
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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
See also 6-B Roster Summary Statistics (named as 9-D) Courtesy of Wes Injerd

Reports:
General camp report including food supplied, other events.


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

Can you identify these men? Let us know.
unknown men
Click to enlarge
 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.