Fukuoka #21 POW Camp Nakama

Fukuoka-21 Nakama
Fukuoka Area Command

Source: following data and picture courtesy of Wes Injerd and Neil MacPherson

Fukuoka #21-B Nakama
Location: 33.47N - 130.44E
Taisho Mining Company
(TAISHO KOGYO NAKAZURU TANKO)
NAKAZURU Works
FUKUOKA-ken, ONGA-gun,
NAKAMA-machi

Location Maps - Source: Wes Injerd
Specific road map
Location in relation to other camps- camp at upper center of map; Satellite view- Google Maps required
Camp was part of a larger military compound

Timeline:
15 Jun 1944: Established as Fukuoka Branch 21 at Nakama with arrival of Dutch an Australian
21 Jun 1945: Approx 100 British arrive
Sep 1945: Rescue effected

Photographs:
Views from Japanese historical site- located by Les Injerd- 2 overall views of mining operation

Hell Ships:
Dutch and Australians known to have arrived on the TEIA MARU ex Singapore ex Death Railway

Labor:
Coal mining and related slave labor for the Taisho Mining Company. The mine had been abandoned and flooded when the POWs arrived.

Rosters:
Americans - 3 only
  Rinaman, James C., Major, O&317293
  Shaw, Jerry E., Pvt, 19023434, Ft Mills Hosp
  Upton, Joseph B., Pvt, 17030961,Ft Mills Hosp
Australians - 180 men including 2 deceased (Source- Wes Injerd)
British - 97 Men survivors (Source- Wes Injerd)
Dutch - 311 men (3 officers) Roster not yet located; [deceased-pdf file]

Deceased:
From the book "Angel of the East Indies" p 164
19 Aug 1945: Sgt. Johannes Jacob Fredik Modder (Dutch) dies as a result of severe malnutrition- last man to die in the camp.
17 Jul 1945: Cedric William James (Australian) mine accident- cerebral hemorage and urethra injury.
23 Mar 1945: Pte Kenneth William Lally (Australian) dies from pneumonia
19 Aug 1944: Leonard Drossaers (Dutch) of fractured skull in mine accident.
10 Aug 1944: Karel Van Bourgonje (Dutch) of fractured skull in mine accident.
19 Jul 1944: Willem Daalman (Dutch) of broken back in mine accident.

Books
"Angel of the East Indies" by Dino Fanara (Author Link)- narrative of survival of Dutch soldier Adolph Van Dooremole. Accurate portralal of hellship and working conditions at the camp. Includes accurate narrative of his wife and four children's survival under Japanese imprisonment in Java. Highly recommended.