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Takao POW Camp

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