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 survivors of the Taiwan POW camps from 1942 – 1945
to search for the locations of the former Japanese POW camps on the island of Taiwan
to ensure that the survivors of these POW camps know that they and their comrades are not forgotten
to participate with the Commonwealth and Allied community each year in a memorial service for the Taiwan POWs at Kinkaseki
to help educate the people of Taiwan in a little-known part of their history
to provide information to scholars, researchers, museums and POW groups on the Taiwan POWs’ story

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SPEECH BY LAURENCE MITCHELL III, CHIEF, LIAISON AFFAIRS SECTION, A.I.T. JUNE 19, 2005 TAIPEI, TAIWAN

FRIENDS,

WE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER AT THIS SPOT TO REMEMBER AND TO REFLECT UPON THE LIVES OF FOURTEEN AMERICANS WHO PERISHED HERE SIXTY YEARS AGO—SIXTY YEARS AGO ON THIS DAY.

IT IS NOT OUR PURPOSE TO DEMEAN THIS...

ENOURA MARU MEMORIAL SERVICE - JANUARY 9, 2005

January 9, 1945 – was the date of the bombing of the hellship Enoura Maru at Takao Harbour, Formosa, with the loss of more than 300 American POW lives. On January 9th 2005 – the 60th Anniversary of...

THE STORY OF THE BOMBING OF THE ENOURA MARU Address given at the Memorial Service for the men who suffered and died on the hellship Enoura Maru at KaohsiungTaiwan - January 9, 1945

by Michael Hurst MBE, Director, Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society

Thank you all...

TOROKU POW CAMP MEMORIAL DEDICATED

After five years in the works, a memorial to honour the American and British POWs who were held in the Toroku POW Camp from November 1944 to April 1945 was dedicated on Saturday June 6, 2009. The...

THE KINKASEKI MEMORIAL DEDICATION On Sunday November 23, 1997 - the final chapter in the story of Kinkaseki was written, as over 150 friends and supporters gathered in the park that now stands on the site of the former POW camp, to...

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