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Fukuoka 17 Prisoner of War Camp




       Fukuoka #17 was situated on the bay of Omuta, about 17 miles northwest of Kumamoto and 40 miles south of the city of Fukuoka in Japan.

     

    2nd Sep 1945   POW Camp Fukuoka 17 at Omuta was liberated liberated on the 2nd September 1945.

    2nd Sep 1945 


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    Fukuoka 17 Prisoner of War Camp

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    Want to know more about Fukuoka 17 Prisoner of War Camp?


    There are:2 items tagged Fukuoka 17 Prisoner of War Camp available in our Library

      These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War.


    Ldg Stoker Harold Stanley Bicker HMS Encounter

    Ldg Stoker Harry Bicker was reported missing when the Encounter went down, his local news paper reported in March 1943, a year after the ship had sunk: "Reported missing last March from HMS Encounter, in the Battle of Java, Leading Stoker Harold Stanley Bicker, son of Mrs Bicker, The Street, Adisham, and whose wife and two children are living at 13 Baden Road, Gillingham, is now officially reported a prisoner of war in Fukuoka Camp, Japan. Recently his mother received news that her younger son, Leonard, who is a Commando, was injured in the Dieppe raid, has been promoted Seaman Petty Officer."




    Edward George Fogg Royal Army Service Corps

    My grandad served in WW2 with the RASC as a driver and spent a few years as a POW at Fukuoka No.17 camp, Japan. His name is Edward George Fogg and sadly he died in 1956 aged 40 due to what he went through at this camp and others. I have hardly any information about my grandad except for a few photos and his Army soldier book and some discharge papers etc. I am hoping to find any survivors or relatives who may have known him. Or if you know anyone who was at this camp.

    Lindsay Allen



    Jan Ode (d.24th December 1944)

    Jan Ode was a POW in Fukuoka Camp No. 17 from 1943 until 24th December 1944 when he died.

    Carla Ode



    Dvr. George Fulkar

    POW Camp Fukuoka 17 Japan




    MM2/C. Lawrence Irving Freeman USS Canopus

    Lawrence Irving Freeman was assigned to the engine room of the USS Canopus. He was captured and survived the Hell ship Mati Mati Maru going on to be held in POW camps 92nd Garage, Bilibid, Port Area, Cabanatuan and Fukuoka Omuta#17




    Cpl. Dale Bruce Frantz A Btry 60th CAC Regt (AA) HDM & SB Coast Artillery Corps

    Dale Bruce Frantz was held in POW Camp Fukuoka 17 Japan. He was one of the 500 Americans sent from Manila to Moji, Japan, aboard the Clyde Maru from 23 July to 9 August 1943. The men were transported by train from Moji station to camp Fukuoka 17 at Omuta, Kyushu, arriving on 10 Aug 1943.

    S B Flynn



    Cpl. Nicholas Frankgate Royal Corps of Signals

    Nicholas Frankgate was a survivor of the Oryoku Maru and was held POW in Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan.

    S B Flynn



    Mil. Wnr Eric Gritzko Frangenheim

    Eric Gritzco Frangenheim served with the Dutch Army and was interned at POW Camp Fukuoka 17 Japan. His record records under rank or unit "Mil Wnr" but it is not clear what this abbreviation refers to.

    S Flynn



    Ldg Stoker Harold Stanley Bicker HMS Encounter

    Ldg Stoker Harry Bicker was reported missing when the Encounter went down, his local news paper reported in March 1943, a year after the ship had sunk: "Reported missing last March from HMS Encounter, in the Battle of Java, Leading Stoker Harold Stanley Bicker, son of Mrs Bicker, The Street, Adisham, and whose wife and two children are living at 13 Baden Road, Gillingham, is now officially reported a prisoner of war in Fukuoka Camp, Japan. Recently his mother received news that her younger son, Leonard, who is a Commando, was injured in the Dieppe raid, has been promoted Seaman Petty Officer."




    Edward George Fogg Royal Army Service Corps

    My grandad served in WW2 with the RASC as a driver and spent a few years as a POW at Fukuoka No.17 camp, Japan. His name is Edward George Fogg and sadly he died in 1956 aged 40 due to what he went through at this camp and others. I have hardly any information about my grandad except for a few photos and his Army soldier book and some discharge papers etc. I am hoping to find any survivors or relatives who may have known him. Or if you know anyone who was at this camp.

    Lindsay Allen



    Jan Ode (d.24th December 1944)

    Jan Ode was a POW in Fukuoka Camp No. 17 from 1943 until 24th December 1944 when he died.

    Carla Ode



    Dvr. George Fulkar

    POW Camp Fukuoka 17 Japan




    MM2/C. Lawrence Irving Freeman USS Canopus

    Lawrence Irving Freeman was assigned to the engine room of the USS Canopus. He was captured and survived the Hell ship Mati Mati Maru going on to be held in POW camps 92nd Garage, Bilibid, Port Area, Cabanatuan and Fukuoka Omuta#17




    Cpl. Dale Bruce Frantz A Btry 60th CAC Regt (AA) HDM & SB Coast Artillery Corps

    Dale Bruce Frantz was held in POW Camp Fukuoka 17 Japan. He was one of the 500 Americans sent from Manila to Moji, Japan, aboard the Clyde Maru from 23 July to 9 August 1943. The men were transported by train from Moji station to camp Fukuoka 17 at Omuta, Kyushu, arriving on 10 Aug 1943.

    S B Flynn



    Cpl. Nicholas Frankgate Royal Corps of Signals

    Nicholas Frankgate was a survivor of the Oryoku Maru and was held POW in Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan.

    S B Flynn



    Mil. Wnr Eric Gritzko Frangenheim

    Eric Gritzco Frangenheim served with the Dutch Army and was interned at POW Camp Fukuoka 17 Japan. His record records under rank or unit "Mil Wnr" but it is not clear what this abbreviation refers to.

    S Flynn







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