THE Taiwan pow camps memorial society

Since early in 1997 there has been an effort to recognize the former Commonwealth and Allied prisoners of war in Taiwan who suffered at the hands of the Japanese during World War II. This project which was known originally as the KINKASEKI POW MEMORIAL PROJECT, came about as a result of information coming to light late in 1996 about the notorious Japanese prisoner of war camp at Jinguashi, Taiwan, formerly known as Kinkaseki. Michael Hurst MBE, a Canadian expat living in Taipei, formed a committee to organize a memorial service for the men of Kinkaseki in May of 1997, and this ultimately led to the construction of a memorial to the POWs of Kinkaseki and the other POW camps in Taiwan. The Kinkaseki / Taiwan POW Memorial was officially dedicated on November 23, 1997.

to search for the locations of all the former Japanese POW camps on the island of Taiwan and document their history. [ completed ]
to search for the survivors of the 1942 – 45 Taiwan POW camps.
to tell the story of the Taiwan POW Camps to the world, and to ensure that the men who were in those camps know that they and their comrades have not and will not be forgotten.
to help organize and participate in an annual memorial service for the Taiwan POWs at Jinguashi every November on Remembrance / Veterans Day.
to help educate the people of Taiwan in a little-known part of their history.
to provide information to researchers, scholars, museums and POW groups on the Taiwan POWs' story.

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21 YEARS OF RESEARCHING, REMEMBERING and HONOURING THE TAIWAN POWS

2018 was the 21st anniversary of the recognition of the former Japanese prisoner of war camps on Taiwan during World War II, and also of the beginning of the effort to uncover the story of those camps and to...

TAIWAN CELEBRATES ITS FIRST FEPOW DAY

FEPOW (Far East Prisoner of War) Day was first conceived in 2007 in the UK and is a concerted drive to have August 15th designated as a day to especially remember all those – military and civilians, who...

TAIWAN POW CAMPS MEMORIAL SOCIETY DIRECTOR AWARED THE M.B.E.

(CP-Taiwan) Michael Hurst, the Founder and Director of the Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society, traveled to London England in October 2002 to receive a very special award - the Member of the Order of the British Empire....

THE REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE AT KINKASEKI - VIDEO

Over the past 21 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...

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...

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