Japanese Pow and Internment Camps: Sentosa, Batu Lintang Camp, University of Santo Tomas, Palawan, Raid at Los Baños, Stanley Internment Camp - Softcover
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 174. Not illustrated. Chapters: Sentosa, Batu Lintang Camp, University of Santo Tomas, Palawan, Raid at Los Baños, Stanley Internment Camp, Angels of Bataan, Raid at Cabanatuan, Sandakan Death Marches, List of Japanese-Run Internment Camps During World War Ii, Changi Prison, Four Fires, Camp O'donnell, Mukaishima, Hiroshima, Sham Shui Po Barracks, North Point Camp. Excerpt: Batu Lintang camp (also known as Lintang Barracks and Kuching POW camp) at Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo was a Japanese internment camp during the Second World War. It was unusual in that it housed both Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian internees. The camp, which operated from March 1942 until the liberation of the camp in September 1945, was housed in buildings that were originally British Indian Army barracks. The original area was extended by the Japanese, until it covered about 50 acres (20 ha). The camp population fluctuated, due to movement of prisoners between camps in Borneo, and as a result of the deaths of the prisoners. It had a maximum population of some 3,000 prisoners. Life in the camp was harsh, with POWs and internees alike forced to endure food shortages, disease and sickness for which scant medicine was made available, forced labour, brutal treatment, and lack of adequate clothing and living quarters. Of the 2,000-odd British POWs held there, over two thirds died during or as a result of their captivity. The construction and operation of a secret radio for over 2½ years, from February 1943 until the liberation of the camp, was a morale booster and allowed the prisoners to follow the progress of the war. Discovery would have resulted in certain death for those involved. Following the unconditional surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945, the camp was liberated on 11 September 1945 by the Australian 9th Division. On liberation...
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