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