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THE MEMORIALS FOR THE TAIWAN POWS

     In the years from 1999 - 2018, the Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society has erected a number of memorials in honour and tribute to the men of the Allied nations who were taken prisoner by the Japanese in December 1941 and the spring of 1942, and who suffered so terribly in the fourteen Japanese-run prisoner of war camps on the island until they were liberated in September 1945.

     British, Australian and Commonwealth POWs captured at the fall of Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo; Dutch taken prisoner with the surrender of the...

27 YEARS OF RESEARCHING, REMEMBERING and HONOURING THE TAIWAN POWS

     2024 was the 27th anniversary of the recognition of the former Japanese prisoner of war camps on Taiwan during World War II. 1997 was the beginning of the effort to uncover the story of those camps and to make sure that the men who were interned in them had their story told and were not forgotten. in the past 27 years a lot had happened and now the story of the former Taiwan POW Camps and the men who interned in them is no longer unknown.

     The following is a list of...

A NEW MEMORIAL BENCH FOR THE POW PARK

     For the past several years since the building of the Memorial Wall in the POW Park at Jinguashi, we have wanted to have a bench placed there so that people who come to visit can sit and remember and reflect on their loved ones, the service they gave and the suffering they went through as POWs here so many years ago. We had asked the New Taipei City Gov't. to provide such a bench when we were constructing Phase 2 of the park in 2011, but budget restraints and other issues seemed to get in...

THE REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE AT KINKASEKI - VIDEO

     Over the past 26 years a number of the former Taiwan POWs - and many of their family members, have returned to be with us for our Remembrance Day service in Taiwan.

     The ceremony takes place every year in November on the weekend closest to the 11th and is held in the Taiwan Prisoner of War Memorial Park which is located on the site of the former Kinkaseki Prisoner of War Camp in Jinguashi. In addition to the former POWs and their family members, we are joined by local friends and...

REMEMBRANCE WEEKEND 2011

     November 9-16 were the dates for this year’s “Remembrance Week” event which takes place annually to honour the former Taiwan prisoners of war and the veterans who suffered so much for our freedom. It is organized by the Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society, and was co-hosted this year by the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei.

     There were three major events held this year in conjunction with the regular week-long program that the POW Society provides for its overseas guests. The first was the dedication of the Taihoku Camp # 6 POW...

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED - THE "TAIWAN POW WAR GRAVES PHOTO PROJECT" IS FINALLY COMPLETED!

From the Spring – Summer 2014 Society Newsletter

     For the past two years we have been trying to obtain a photo of the last American war grave we needed to complete our Taiwan POW War Graves Photo Project in the Honour Roll on our website. On Saturday morning January 25th 2014 we received an email that ended more than four years of work and two years of searching for a last Taiwan POW's grave photo.

     As our readers will know, we have tried without success to get a photo of the grave...

ASIAN WAR GRAVES AND MEMORIAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE - FREE!

     In 2011 it was announced on the Taiwan POW Society website that photos of the graves of the former Taiwan POWs who are buried at Sai Wan War Cemetery in Hong Kong were available from the Society - FREE of CHARGE. At the same time it was mentioned that photos of other war graves in the cemeteries in Hong Kong were available from Tony Banham, and that the Thai-Burma Railway Centre (TBRC) in Thailand would also pass on photos from the cemeteries at Kanchanaburi and Chungkai in Thailand and Thanbyuzayat, Burma - all...

THE TAIHOKU CAMP #6 PRISONER OF WAR MEMORIAL DEDICATION CEREMONY

     On Friday November 11th 2011 - exactly 69 years after the first POWs arrived at Taihoku Camp # 6 from Singapore on the hellship England Maru, a memorial was dedicated  to the men of No. 6 Camp by the Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society and the ROC Ministry of National Defense. Taihoku Camp 6 was the main POW camp in the capital area, and one of the principal camps in Taiwan, and the Society is very thankful to the Ministry and Minister Kao, Hua-Chu for their help in getting this long overdue memorial...