Java

Java Camps (Dutch East Indies)
Pontianak POW camp Pontianak (Dutch Borneo) (modern Kalimantan) Indonesia
Balikpapan POW camp Balikpapan (Dutch Borneo) (modern Kalimantan) Borneo Indonesia
Makasura Celebes POW Camp (modern Sulawesi), Sulawesi Indonesia
Usapa Besar POW Camp Timor Indonesia
Bandung POW Camp Indonesia
West-Java
City of Serang
Serang Prison Camp Gevangenis Java
City of Batavia (now Jakarta)
10E Battalion (10e Bataljon) transit camp for POW’s to Sumatra Singapore Myanmar Thailand Indo-China and Japan Batavia Java
ADEK (Delisch Emigration Office) Men’s camp then POW Camp then women’s camp Batvia Java
Glodok Prison and POW Camp Batvia Java
Kampong Makassar POW Camp Batvia Java
Mater Dolorosa POW camp and Hospital Batvia Java
Pate Koan (Patekoan) POW Camp (Also called Kota camp or Koan School) Batvia Java
Saint Vincent (Sint Vincentius) POW Camp and Hospital Batvia Java
District Ostrich (Struiswijk) POW Camp and Prison Batvia Java
Dental Priok (Tandjong Priok-kampen) 3 separate POW Camps (Union Kampong Kampong Kodja GM) Batvia Java
Tjideng (Cideng) Women and Children Camp (Civilian Internment Camp) Batavia (modern Jakarta) Indonesia
Bicycle Camp POW Camp Batavia (modern Jakarta) Java
Java POW Camps D.X.Y. Batavia Java
City of Soekaboemi (now Sukabumi)
Children’s Sanatorium (Kinder sanatorium) POW Camp Soekaboemi Java
Agricultural School (Landbouw school) POW Camp Soekaboemi Java
Police Academy (Politieschool) POW Camp and Hospital Soekaboemi Java
City of Tjimahi
4e and 9e Battalion (4e and 9e Batalion AKA Bunsho II camp 4 Camp 4 Tjimahi) POW Camp Tjimahi Java
6e Depot Battalion or Kamp Bald Heads (Baros 5) POW Camp Tjimahi Java
Camp Bergatillerie Mobile Artillery Depot (Baros 6) POW Camp Tjimahi Java
Mountain (Mobile) Artillery (Bergartillerie Camp II Bunsho 6) POW Camp Tjimahi Java
Train Encampment of Cimah (Trein kampement) POW Camp Tjimahi Java
Military hospital
City of Bandoeng (Indonesian Kota Bandung)
15E Batallion (15e Bataljon or Tjkoeda pateuh e Depot Battalion (northern part)) POW Camp Bandoeng Java
Kebon Waroe (LOG) Civilian Men’s Camp Bandoeng Java
City of Garoet (Modern Garut)
Various Camps (Garoet-kampen) Hotel Villa Dolce Normal School and adjacent HIS (Taloenkamp) Agricultural College Hotel Papandajan POW Camps Garoet Java
City of Leles
Open Terrain Camp (Leles-kamp) POW Camp Leles Java
City of Tasikmalaja (modern Tasikmalaya)
Various Camps (Tasikmalaja- kampen) House and Racecourse Camp POW Camp Tasikmalaja Java
Middle-Java
City of Tjilatjap (modern Cilacap or Chilachap)
Artillery encampment (Artillerie- kampement) also Camp 2 or the new camp POW Camp and Hospital Tjilatjap Java
Bellevue (Hotel Bellevue Hotel Wouters) POW Camp Tjilatjap Java
Infantry encampment (Infanterie-kampement) Camp 1 or the old camp POW Camp and Military Hospital at aloon-alone Tjilatjap Java
City of Semarang
Djoernatan Prison Semarang Java
City of Magelang
Instruction Battalion (Instructie-Bataljon or School context) POW Camp Magelang Java
City of Djokjakarta (modern Yogyakarta also Jogja Jogjakarta)
HBS (HBS Djetis) POW Camp Djokjakarta (Yogyakarta) Java
East-Java
City of Surabaya (formerly Soerabaia or Surabaja)
Broederschool (Boulevard camp Coen Boulevard) POW Camp Soerabaja Java
HBS (HBS-martial) POW Camp Soerabaja Java
Fair (Jaarmarkt) POW Camp Soerabaja Java
JCJL-Camp Located on Java-China-Japan Line Amsterdam harbor, POW Camp Soerabaja Java
Ondaatje camp (Ondaatje- kamp or Darmo-camp) POW Camp (previously 3e Battalion Infantry camp) Soerabaja Java
City of Malang
8th Battalion (8e Bataljon Drost-kamp II (close to 10e Depot Battalion (Drost camp-I)) Malang POW Camp Java
10 e Depot Battalion (10e Depot-Bataljon (Drost-kamp I) POW Camp Malang Java
Various camps (Diverse (kleine) kampen) POW Camps A)Neutral Primary School at the Emmastraat B)Government’s school to high school Wilhelmina straat C)Military Hospital at Tjekalet D)Missionary Hospital Soekoen Malang Java
Kloet Street (Keloetstraat) POW Camp Malang Java
Source: japansekrijgsgevangenkampen.nl
Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki,
www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/pow/index.php,
files.usgwarchives.net/ut/state/military/ww2/service/v-camp-code.txt, go2war2.nl,
ww2museums.com,lamsdorf.com, moosburg.org,
prisonerofwar.org.uk, japansekrijgsgevangenkampen.nl/Java-kampen.htm, genealogytrails, powveterans.com, axishistory.com

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