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AKENOBE Osaka 21-B became 6B Mitsubishi Copper Mine |
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Osaka 6-B AKENOBE (MITSUBISHI KOGYO) [Kogyo = mining] HYOGO-ken, YOFU-gun, MINAMI TANI-mura Timeline: 15 May 1945: Established as Osaka 21-B to receive POWS from Sakurajima (Osaka 4D formerly Osaka 8B) Aug 1945: Renamed Osaka 6-B Sep 1945: Rescue effected MAPS: Satellite View (Google) Relief Map- relation to other camps Special thanks: to Wes Injerd for above details & maps. Deceased: (yy.mm.dd) See Sakurajima Death list Known to have died in this camp or Executed in previous Sakrujima camp: Brown, Wilbur David,PFC,Died 45.08.25 Kobe Hospital Byall, Sam Julius,PFC,DIED 45.06.05, Kobe Hospital Chesselet, Alan,CPL,DIED 45.05.22, Kobe Hospital Goodard, John Edgar, Cpl, Died 45.07.09, Kobe Hospital Mc Gee, Thomas Lowell,Executed for escaping 44.07.26 Wharton Herbert Russell,Executed for escaping 44.07.26 |
Labor: POWs used as slave laborers in the Mitsubishi Corporation copper mine. Hell Ships: No direct ship applicable- American POWS transferred here from Sakurajima had previously arrived on the Coral Maru, also known as the Taga Maru. Australian POWS arrived on the Kyokka Maru per Australian POW historian Neil MacPherson. British were ex Hong Kong. A few on the Lisbon Maru but most on the 3rd draft of men from Hong Kong. Rosters: Total of 296 men [Pending] Americans: (100+ men) British: (168 men) Australians: (28 men) SCAP Report: Post War Camp investigation report for possble War Crimes. Lewis Affidavit: Eyewitness report of Japanese hiding records in mine at end of war. |