Itchioka Hospital
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Short History:
9 June 1942: First used as a POW work camp with the arrival of 151 men transferred from Zentsuji. These were Marine and Navy enlisted men captured on Guam. Senior ranking man was CBM Phillip Earl Saunders from Piti Yard, YP-16. [Official records misspell his name as "Sanders."]
18 Oct 1942: 80 men sent to Hirohata. Remainer sent to Chikko. POW camp reopens as a POW hospital with new staff.
8 April 1944: Dr Fred Berley arrives and assumes command with new staff. Dr. Jackson and other British medics sent to other camps		 Rosters:
Partial roster of those known to have perished here after transfer from Umeda POW Camp and the Yodogawa Camp hospital. We have roster (not digitized yet- care to volunteer?) of those in hospital on day of Japan's surrender, 15 Aug 1945.

Comments by Staff Medic:
Brief overview by British medic Wallace Hastings

Aerial View: View taken after surrender.

S1c Paul Edward Perry
USS Canopus, [AS-9], Captured on Corregidor, sent to Bilibid, transported to Japan on the Nagato Maru and interned at Yodogawa POW Camp in Osaka. Perry was caught trading with civilians, presumably for food, and savagely beaten by the guards. He was sent to the "Stadium", (Itchioka Hospital) where he died 9 days later February 19, 1943 as a directy result of the beating.
Link to Perry Family Page and the story of the USS Canopus

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S1c Paul E. Perry