Town:
Watampone District:
South and southeast Celebes Region:
Celebes Location:
Watampone is situated in the southwest of Celebes (Sulawesi), on the Gulf of Bone.
Internees: prisoners of war Information: A small group of prisoners of war who had been brought from the prisoners of war camp in Raha (Moena) were housed for a short time in April 1945 in a rice shed near Badjoa and Watampone, on their way to the Mariso camp in Makassar. They had left Raha on April 13th.
Internees: prisoners of war Information: Groups of prisoners of war who had been brought from the prisoners of war camp in Raha (Moena) were housed for a short time in August and September 1945 in a rice shed near Badjoa and Watampone, on their way to the Mariso camp in Makassar. They left Raha on 28 July and 16 August respectively.