Prisoners of the Japanese - extract from CO 980/174 labelled Top Secret on 31st January 1945
                              Total Total
  Held in Japan Korea Formosa Manchuria China Indo-China HongKong Philllipnes Siam Burma Malaya NEI Unknown Total All Ranks British
  UK Off 294 82 189 3 9 240 1 969 23 926 406 152 3294    
    O/R 5351 497 1787 76 168   687 3 16566 45 5976 5796 6720 43672 46966 46966
  Canada Off 13           67             80    
Prisoners   O/R 1012           474             1486 1566  
  Australia Off 162               194 3 441 305 1 1106    
of   O/R 1373               6085 4 6863 3370 406 18101 19207  
War NZ Off                 3   4 7 5 19    
    O/R 2           3   6 2 7 6 25 51 70  
  India Brit.Off                         712 712 712 712
    Ind. Off 337 337    
    VCO 1292 1292    
    I O/R                       (a) 65735 65735 67364  
Malaya, HongKong &                                  
Local Forces (b)   475 7 11 3   2 922   662 2 711 117 557 3469 3469 3469
  M. Navy Brit.Off 135     32 131 37 5   35 29 3     407    
    Brit. O/R 135 2 1 16 1 168 13 29 365   772
    Others                   92       92 864  
British & Misc Off 1     8 5 1 1             16    
Dominion   Others© 17               2 10       29 45  
Civilian   MFC (d) 332 125 6254 Inc 3278 1375 313 99 3579 1231 16586 16586 16586
Internees Civilian Male in  213 (f) 610      
    Female Siam 77 402 (g)      
    Children               23     219 (g)      
Notes a) Includes 2935 Indian of HongKong Singapore RA   Overall British Total 68505
b) Europeans Only
c) 6 W Afr, 2W Ind, 2 Chinese, 17 other colonial 2 Allied
d) Number of men,women and childen separately now known.
e) Civilians in Indo-China and Siam aggregated.
f) Includes 63 Aus 5NZ
g) Number fo Women and Children separately not known. Source: Ron Bridges ABCIFER