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Rail Road Camp 1 Pakanbaroe in Pakanbaroe

Town:

Pakanbaroe

District:

Eastcoast of Sumatra

Region:

Sumatra

Location:

Pakanbaroe is on Siak River in East-Sumatra.

function:

From 20 May 1944 to 23 August 1945 this location served as a prisoner of war camp

Internees:

prisoners of war

Number of internees:

1.000 (approximately)

Information:

Camp Pakanbaroe was the beginning point for the building of the railway line approximately 220 kilometres long, between Pakanbaroe and Moeara, which was finished on August 15th 1945. In total, there were 14 camps along the railway line from which work was done. In the Pakanbaroe camp, materials were unloaded and a shunting station was built. Until July 1st 1945 there was also a technical service housed there.

Commendant:

kpt. Miyazaki Ryohei; lt. Doi Izami; lt. Nagai Susumi; lt. Ascent; lt. Miura Tohji

Guards:

Japanese military personnel, Koreans

Camp leaders:

wingcomm. P.S. Davis; lt.-kol. W.C.M. Slabbekoorn; lt. H.C.P. Vennik

Literature:

Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Advocaat-soldaat: oorlogsherinneringen (Amsterdam 1999)
Hovinga, H., Op dood spoor. Het drama van de Pakan Baroe-spoorweg 1943-1945 (Franeker 2009-5)
Neumann, H. en E. van Witsen, De Sumatra Spoorweg. Documentatie (Middelie 1985-2)
Wendelaar Bonga, D., Eight prison camps. A Dutch family in Japanese Java (Athens 1996)
Lenderink-Talsma, E., Vierduizend mensen en één koeiekop. Een waargebeurd verhaal van een familie in het Jappenkamp (Amsterdam 1993)
Banning, J., Sporen van oorlog. Overlevenden van de Birma- en de Pakanbaroe-spoorweg (Utrecht 2003)
Schoonenberg, B., De poorten der hel. Van Batavia tot Pakan Baroe, veertig maanden slavenarbeid in Japanse gevangenkampen 1942-1945 (Bussum 1978)
Hovinga, H., The Sumatra railroad. Final destination Pakan Baroe, 1943-1945 (Leiden 2010)

See also::

Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2585
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2830
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2945
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 3045
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 447
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 449
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 450
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 451
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 452
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 453
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 497
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 498
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 7530
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 7565
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 7569
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2586
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2842
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2846
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2856
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 3160
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 3216
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 5314
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 5434
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 5455
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 5537
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 602
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 7620
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 7671
Dairy 173
Dairy 242
Dairy 244
Dairy 26
Dairy 311
Dairy 8

From 23 August 1945 to 17 October 1945 this location served as a ex-Japanese camp

Internees:

prisoners of war

Information:

On August 23rd 1945, the prisoners of war in the Pakanbaroe base camp were sent from their work back to the camp prematurely. The next day they were told that Japan had surrendered. The Japanese burned all of the camp’s administration. The camp was cleared on October 17th 1945, and all of the prisoners of war were moved to Camp 2 near Soengeitengkirang.

Camp leaders:

wingcomm. P.S. Davis

Literature:

Boissevain, G. en L. van Empel, Vrouwenkamp op Java. Herinneringen van Gon Boissevain en Lennie van Empel (Amsterdam 1991-2)
Hovinga, H., Met de dood voor ogen. Overleven in de strijd om Indië (Franeker 2005)
Man, J.Th.A. de, Opdracht Sumatra. Het Korps Insulinde 1942-1946 (Houten 1987)

See also::

Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2208
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2213
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2214
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2338
Dairy 311

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Organisatie: Indische kamparchieven ENG

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Your search: East Indies camp archives

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East Indies camp archives ( Indische kamparchieven ENG )

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Period

till

kampen East-Indies camps

Rail Road Camp 1 Pakanbaroe in Pakanbaroe

Town:

Pakanbaroe

District:

Eastcoast of Sumatra

Region:

Sumatra

Location:

Pakanbaroe is on Siak River in East-Sumatra.

function:

From 20 May 1944 to 23 August 1945 this location served as a prisoner of war camp

Internees:

prisoners of war

Number of internees:

1.000 (approximately)

Information:

Commendant:

kpt. Miyazaki Ryohei; lt. Doi Izami; lt. Nagai Susumi; lt. Ascent; lt. Miura Tohji

Guards:

Japanese military personnel, Koreans

Camp leaders:

wingcomm. P.S. Davis; lt.-kol. W.C.M. Slabbekoorn; lt. H.C.P. Vennik

Literature:

See also::

Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2585
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2830
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2945
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 3045
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 447
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 449
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 450
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 451
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 452
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 453
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 497
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 498
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 7530
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 7565
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 7569
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2586
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2842
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2846
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2856
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 3160
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 3216
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 5314
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 5434
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 5455
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 5537
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 602
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 7620
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 7671
Dairy 173
Dairy 242
Dairy 244
Dairy 26
Dairy 311
Dairy 8

From 23 August 1945 to 17 October 1945 this location served as a ex-Japanese camp

Internees:

prisoners of war

Information:

Camp leaders:

wingcomm. P.S. Davis

Literature:

See also::

Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2208
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2213
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2214
Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2338
Dairy 311

Use CTRL + scroll to scroll

Organisatie: Indische kamparchieven ENG

last modification 11-04-2018

4 digitized

a total of 4 files

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