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 Australians in Captivity in Asia
Researched by Neil MacPherson


Locality of Capture (estimated numbers)

Singapore 15000 8th Division A.I.F and RAAF
Java 3500 7th Division, R.A.N, R.A.A.F
Sumatra 500 8th Division Nurses, A.G.H and A.I.F (Officially Evacuated)
Timor 1400 8th Division A.I.F
New Brittain 1400 8th Division A.I.F
Ambon 1400 8th Division A.I.F

 

Initial Dispersal

1942 1400 Timor POWs shipped to Java and included in Java dispersal figures
May 1942 Singapore A Force 3000 to West Coast Burma then Railway
June 1942 Rabaul Lark Force 1053 Montevideo Maru, sunk no survivors
July 1942 Rabaul Lark Force 66, 6 Nurses, 60 Officers Naruta Maru Japan
July 1942 Singapore B Force 1496 Borneo
Aug 1942 Singapore Japan Party B 94 Korea 'Fukkai Maru
Oct 1942 Java 7th Division 1500 Williams Group Kinkon Maru to Burma
Oct 1942 Ambon Gull Force 263 Taiko Maru to Hainen Island
Nov 1942 Singapore C Force 563 Kamakura Maru to Japan
Dec 1942 Java 7th Division 385 No 5 Group Moji Maru to Burma
Dec 1942 Java 7th Division 1250 Dunlop Force Usu Maru, rail to Thailand
Mar 1943 Singapore D Force 2242 to Thailand
1943 Singapore E Force 500 to Borneo
April 1943 Java 150 to Thailand
April 1943 Singapore F Force 3666 to Thailand
April 1943 Singapore G Force 200 Kyokko Maru to Osaka Japan
April 1943 Singapore H Force 670 to Thailand
May 1943 Singapore J Force 400 Wales Maru to Kobe Japan
Aug 1943 Singapore L Force 73 To Thailand (Medical Party)
June 1944 Java 267 Tamahoko Maru Japan sunk 65 survived

 

Burma Railway Prisoners Dispersal after end of construction

Nov/Dec1943 F Force survivors Returned to Changi
Nov/Dec1943 H Force survivors Returned to Changi
June 6th 1944   200 to Japan Teia Maru (Aramis)
July 4th 1944   600 to Japan Rashin Maru (Bioki Maru)
Sept 6th 1944   717 to Japan Rakuyo Maru (174 survivors)
Dec 26th 1944   410 to Japan Awa Maru

 

Note: Rakuyo Maru survivors, 82 were picked up by a Japanese destroyer and taken to Japan, 92 were rescued by US Submarines and returned to Australia