Japanese Index Cards of Allied POWs and Internees and Liberated POW Questionnaires
http://www.cofepow.org.uk/pages/research_japanese_index_cards.htm#questionnaires
http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/changi_research.html
Japanese Index Cards of Allied POWs and Internees and Liberated POW Questionnaires
http://www.cofepow.org.uk/pages/research_japanese_index_cards.htm#questionnaires
http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/changi_research.html
Bilibid POW Camp
Transfer roster for POW’s being transported out of Bilibid.
http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/camplists/philippines/bilibid/bilibid_main.html
From transfer roster
Rank: Pvt (British Army)Name: Linsell, Ernest
Serial #
Destination: Japan
Boarded Hellship / Ship Name: 10/1/1944 Hokusen Maru (destination Japan)
Primary Philippine Camp: Bilibid
Comments: Survived the Sinking of the Hofuku Maru 9/21/1944
Who would have believed it! I always search with google – but other search engines exist.
http://www.powtaiwan.org/The%20Men/men_list.php?page=94
LINSELL | ERNEST | PTE. | 4TH BTN. SUFFOLK REG’T. | (TK) |
TK is the camp code for TAKAO
TAKAO POW CAMP
Camp Opened: 09/07/42 – Camp Closed: 02/15/45
Takao Camp was first opened in the early fall of 1942 to house POWs who were being transported through Taiwan to Japan. It was set up in several warehouses near the docks and the men were mostly engaged in stevedore work – loading and unoading ships and handling cargo. Not much is known about the camp or the conditions the men endured there, as there are no records extant, but it appears there were never any deaths at this camp.
Later in 1944 as more hellships were being sent from the Philippines to Japan, and were being torpedoed and sunk, POWs were temporarily held in this camp awaiting transfer to other ships. Perhaps the largest number came off the Hofuku Maru. These men were mostly all sent on to Fukuoka Camp 17 in January 1945 and shortly thereafter it appears that Takao Camp was closed.
http://www.powtaiwan.org/The%20Camps/camps_detail.php?Takao-POW-Camp-4&name=Takao
They managed to get his name and number wrong, but he’s here on the roster at camp Omuta – Fukuoka # 17
Lensell, Ernest,Pte,6833038
http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/camplists/fukuoka/Fuku_17/fuku_17_brit_roster.html
I’ve included a link to a pdf copy of the roster here > Fukuoka #17 BritishPOWS Roster
And more information here http://www.lindavdahl.com/Front%20Pages/roster_L.html
Ban # 1822 (Prisoner Number)
1822 | Linsell, Ernest | BRI | Army – Pvt. |
Pdf copy of roster > Japanese WWII POW Camp Fukuoka 17 Roster L
Great pictures of Fukuoka camps and liberation from Nagasaki.
http://home.comcast.net/~japanpow/Recovery/Fukuoka/Fukuoka1.htm