List of names of Fukuoka Camp 17 POW's Interviews
The
following list (in alphabetical order) are the CAMP 17 POW's interviewed and documented in
George and Anthony Weller's book,
"First Into Nagasaki - the Censored Eyewitness Dispatches on Post-Atomic Japan and it's Prisoners
of War".
|
NAME, LAST |
NAME, FIRST |
RANK |
NATIONALITY |
|
Ablett |
Norman |
Private |
AUS |
|
Alfred |
Private |
AUS | |
|
Aldrich |
Robert |
Sergeant |
USA |
|
Allen |
George |
Private |
BRI |
|
Archie |
T. |
Sergeant |
BRI |
|
Ard |
Oliver |
Corporal |
USA |
|
Armijo |
Manuel |
First Sergeant |
USA |
|
Arnaud |
Ernest |
Private 1/C |
USA |
|
Arncliffe |
Falk |
Gunner |
AUS |
|
Ball |
James |
Private 1/C |
USA |
|
Barka |
Thomas |
Private |
USA |
|
Basham |
Charles |
S/Sergeant |
USA |
|
Bashleben |
James |
Sergeant |
USA |
|
Batton |
Dennis H. |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Bayles |
Joseph |
|
USA |
|
Beattie |
Alan |
Private |
AUS |
|
Benjamin |
Vernon |
Private |
AUS |
|
Bennett |
James |
Sergeant |
USA |
|
Berez |
Theodore |
|
USA |
|
Bevan |
Trevor |
Driver |
BRI |
|
Bickley |
Robert |
Ship’s Cook/Navy SC 2c |
USA |
|
Blair |
Alexander |
Lance Corporal |
BRI |
|
Blank |
Sam |
Private |
USA |
|
Boehm |
Lucian |
Navy - MM2C |
USA |
|
Bohn |
Thomas |
Private |
USA |
|
Bokker (possibly Booker -L/Cpl.) |
Robert |
Private |
BRI |
|
Boorer |
David |
Sergeant |
BRI |
|
Bradley |
James |
Private |
BRI |
|
Brock |
James |
Corporal |
USA |
|
Bronk |
Theodore |
Army - 1st Lt. |
USA |
|
Brookshire |
Ray |
Private |
USA |
|
Brosnan |
John |
Sergeant |
AUS |
|
Brownell |
Theodore |
Chief Yeoman |
USA |
|
Bruer |
John |
Corporal |
USA |
|
Bryant |
Earl |
Private 1/C |
USA |
|
Buchanan |
Ralph |
Private |
USA |
|
Bullivant |
Percy George |
Able Seaman |
AUS |
|
Burell |
Charles |
Private |
AUS |
|
Burk |
Richard |
Corporal |
USA |
|
Burnley |
Ralph J. |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Bush |
Walter |
Army - Driver |
AUS |
|
Butler |
Charles |
Private 1/C |
USA |
|
Byrne |
Arthur James |
Army - Sergeant |
AUS |
|
Cameron |
Robert |
Driver |
BRI |
|
Campbell |
Billy Jr. |
Private |
USA |
|
Campbell |
Thomas |
Private |
AUS |
|
Campbell |
William James |
Corporal |
BRI |
|
Carleton |
William |
Private |
BRI |
|
Carrizales |
Raymond |
Private |
USA |
|
Carroll |
Junious |
Corporal |
USA |
|
Carroll |
Robert (or Richard) |
Gunner |
AUS |
|
Cartwright |
William |
Sergeant |
BRI |
|
Case |
Robert |
|
USA |
|
Cleboski |
Leon |
Marine - Cpl. |
USA |
|
Collins |
Joseph |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Coman |
Walter |
Private |
BRI |
|
Copenhaver |
James |
Private |
USA |
|
Court |
Julian |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Cox |
Hugh K |
S/Sergeant |
USA |
|
Crews |
Jeremiah |
Pharmacist |
USA |
|
Cross |
George F. |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Crupper |
Charles |
Private |
USA |
|
Curtis |
George |
Civilian |
USA |
|
Dale |
Lee Albright |
Army - Cpl. |
USA |
|
Dallago |
Valentine |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Daniels |
Nevill Charles |
Army -Gunner |
AUS |
|
Daugherty |
Benny J. |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Dayble |
Robert George |
Army - Driver/Private |
BRI |
|
Dean |
William George |
RAAF -L/Ac |
AUS |
|
Demars |
Virgil D. |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Denny |
Marvin W. |
Chaplain - Army - PFC |
USA |
|
Derrick |
William T. |
Navy - Pharmacist M/1C |
USA |
|
Dunn |
Harry |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Dixon |
Garnet F. |
Army - Driver/Private |
AUS |
|
Dodson |
Merrill E. |
Navy-PhM 3/C |
USA |
|
Dodsworth |
William Robert |
Army - Sergeant |
AUS |
|
Doland |
Vivien Alfred |
Army - WO |
AUS |
|
Dubois |
Albert J. |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Duncan |
Ian L. |
Captain/Camp Physician |
AUS |
|
Dunlap |
Robert |
Army - PFC |
USA |
|
Eames |
William (Bill) Arthur |
Private |
AUS |
|
Ebbert |
Daniel Arch |
Navy - Yeoman 2/C |
USA |
|
Ekre |
Howard Sylvester |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Eldridge |
Frederick Thomas |
Private |
BRI |
|
Elton |
Calvin William Jr. |
Army - Sergeant |
USA |
|
Ewins |
Thomas William |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Flaherty |
James Douglas |
Sergeant |
AUS |
|
Fakenham |
Scott E. |
Sergeant |
BRI |
|
Farrell |
(Jack) John Herbert |
Army - Driver |
AUS |
|
Forcina |
Frederick A. |
Private |
AUS |
|
Fortune |
Robert C. |
Civilian -Captured on Wake Is. |
|
|
Fowler |
Harold Norman |
Army Air Corps - Sgt. |
USA |
|
Foze |
? |
Navy Signalman |
AUS |
|
Frantz |
Dale Bruce |
Army - Corporal |
USA |
|
Friedman |
Bertram |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Fulker or Fulkar |
George |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Gallagher |
William (N.?) |
Sergeant |
BRI |
|
Garcia |
Evangelisto (Evans) R. |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Garner |
John Edward |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Garrett |
David Earl |
Army Air Corp - Sgt. |
USA |
|
Gay |
Arthur John |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Glenn |
William Lewis Jr. |
Army - Sergeant |
USA |
|
Glover |
Albert Kenneth |
Private |
BRI |
|
Goldbrum |
Louis |
Sergeant |
USA |
|
Gordon |
Earl or Carl Burke |
Navy - Pharmacist |
USA |
|
Gordon |
James (Jim) |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Gore |
Gill |
Private |
AUS |
|
Gough |
Norman Frederick |
Private |
AUS |
|
Gowers |
Robert John |
Army - Corporal |
AUS |
|
Griffiths |
Clarence Edward |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Griffiths |
J. H. |
Army - Private |
BRI |
|
Guppy |
Herbert Albert G. |
Army - Private |
BRI |
|
Gurley |
Thomas Dixie |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Gwaltney |
Robert C. |
Army Air Corp - Sgt. |
USA |
|
Haigh |
Norman Fred |
Army - Corporal |
BRI |
|
Hailey |
Robert |
Corporal |
USA |
|
Hamel |
John Carel |
Chaplain Captain |
DUT |
|
Hamilton |
Roy |
Private |
AUS |
|
Hammon |
Charlie |
Chief Boatswain’s Mate |
USA |
|
Hammond |
Alfred Harry |
Sergeant |
BRI |
|
Hargrove |
Jack |
Army - Private - Medic |
USA |
|
Harleston |
Wilkinson |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Harrison |
Stanley |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Harrison |
Herbert N E. |
Army - Driver |
AUS |
|
Haynes |
Raymond Clyde |
Army - Private - Medic |
USA |
|
Haynes |
W. |
Private |
AUS |
|
Head |
Edward Richard |
RAAF - Sergeant |
AUS |
|
Heathcote |
Joseph William |
Army - Sergeant Major |
BRI |
|
Herd |
Allan Charles |
Army - L/Corporal |
AUS |
|
Herring |
Gail Myron |
Army - Sergeant |
USA |
|
Hewlett |
Thomas Hill |
Army - Captain -Medic |
USA |
|
Hilton |
Patrick Gordon |
Army - Private - Medic |
USA |
|
Hixon |
John Charles |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Holman |
John Nicholas |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
Howden |
William Royston |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Howell |
Reginald V. (Scotty) |
Lieutenant |
AUS |
|
Howell |
Percival |
|
AUS |
|
Hutchison |
Ronald C. |
Army - PFC |
USA |
|
Ionn |
Sidney Harry |
Army - Gunner |
AUS |
|
Istock |
John Thomas |
Navy - PhM 2/C |
USA |
|
Jackson |
Thomas Edward |
Army - Corporal |
BRI |
|
Jardine |
John |
Sergeant at Arms |
BRI |
|
Johns |
Robert Gerald |
Army - PFC |
USA |
|
Johnson |
Floyd James |
Army - Sergeant |
USA |
|
Jonas |
Lawrence B. (Laurie) |
Staff Sergeant |
AUS |
|
Jones |
Howard |
Corporal |
BRI |
|
Jordan |
James Joseph (Jimmy) |
USMC -M/Sgt |
USA |
|
Justice |
James Adam |
Army - Sergeant |
USA |
|
Katchuck |
Alexander |
USMC - Pvt. |
USA |
|
Kershaw |
Thomas |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
King |
George Richard |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Knight |
Ted |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Knight |
Freer Tasman |
Army - Gunner |
AUS |
|
Kush |
Zachary |
Army - Private - Medic |
USA |
|
Kyler |
Stanley Hardin |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Lackie |
Warren Grant |
Army - Sergeant |
USA |
|
Lamb |
Rowland John |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
Langley |
Alfred Ray |
Army - PFC |
USA |
|
Laurie |
Dan N. |
Signalman |
AUS |
|
Lavender |
Dick Merrill |
Army - PFC |
USA |
|
Lawrence |
Eric |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Lawson |
Joseph Ford |
Army - 1st./Sgt. |
USA |
|
Lee |
Jesse Earl |
Navy - Boatswain |
USA |
|
Lewin |
Theodore (Ted) |
Civilian |
USA |
|
Little |
Edward Neal |
Navy - Lieutenant |
USA |
|
Lonsdale |
Joseph Lewis |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
Lopez |
Luis |
Army - PFC |
USA |
|
Lotspech |
Gene |
Army - Private - Medic |
USA |
|
Lowe |
Ben |
Army Air Corp - Sergeant |
USA |
|
Lucas |
Harry |
Army - L/Cpl |
AUS |
|
Lukas |
Stanley F. |
Civilian |
USA |
|
Luther |
John Henry |
Navy Ph M 2/C - Medic |
USA |
|
Lynch |
Roy Edward |
Navy Ph M 2/C |
USA |
|
Lynch |
Patrick Francis |
Army - Driver |
AUS |
|
Mann |
Percival James |
Army - Sgt. - Warrant Officer |
AUS |
|
Marshall |
Ronald Max |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
Martel |
Edward Francis |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Mason |
John Henry |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Massingill |
Harvey Lee |
Chief Petty Officer |
USA |
|
Maxwell |
Frank Lellwyn |
Navy- PhM1C |
USA |
|
Mayberry |
John Alexander |
Signalman |
AUS |
|
McCaffery |
Richard Edward |
Army - Private - Medic |
USA |
|
McCarthy |
Lyle |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
McClelland |
Donald William |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
McConnell |
Wilbur Robert |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
McDonough |
Raymond Peter |
Navy - Seaman 1st/C |
USA |
|
McEvoy |
John |
Army - Private |
BRI |
|
McGee |
Emmett Mitchell |
Army - Sapper |
AUS |
|
McLean |
James Hamilton |
Army - Lance Corporal |
BRI |
|
McLean |
Donald David |
Navy - Ld Officers' Steward |
AUS |
|
Medina |
Joe Abe (Jose) |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Meers |
Jack |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
Miller |
John George |
Army - Gunner |
AUS |
|
Mitchum |
Winfred Allen |
Navy - Chief Yeoman |
USA |
|
Monks |
Albert |
Army - Private |
BRI |
|
Montoya |
Ben |
Army - Corporal |
USA |
|
Moore |
Arthur Charles |
Army - Sapper |
AUS |
|
Moore |
Henry Isaac |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Morris |
Gilbert Comas |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Moylan |
Neville |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
Mueller |
Louis George Jr. |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Murdock |
George |
Army - Corporal |
BRI |
|
Murphy |
Alec Charles |
Navy - Able Body Seaman |
AUS |
|
Magor |
Reginald Gordon |
Army - Driver |
AUS |
|
Navardos |
Junius Aljarro |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Newton |
Harold Ernest Sr. |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Newton |
Charles |
Army - Gunner |
BRI |
|
Newton |
Frederick or Walter |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Nichelsen |
Roy Alban |
Army - Sapper |
AUS |
|
Nicholls |
Alan Sydney |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
Niespodziany |
Joseph |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Normile |
John Michael |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Norwich |
Bain |
Driver |
BRI |
|
Nunn |
Thomas Horace |
Army - Sergeant |
USA |
|
O’Brien |
George Willard |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
O'Regan |
Patrick James |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
O’Sullivan |
Vivian Percival |
Army - Gunner |
AUS |
|
Otero |
Oscar |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Palone |
James |
Sergeant |
USA |
|
Parrott |
Cecil Walter |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Pattison |
Elmer Walter |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Peppall |
Alfred John |
Army - Private |
BRI |
|
Perkerson |
Clarence Edward |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Peterson |
Harold Albert |
Marine - PFC. |
USA |
|
Peterson |
John Andrew |
Army - Corporal |
USA |
|
Pickstone |
Colin Clarence |
Army - Driver |
AUS |
|
Polk |
Curtis Morgan |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Pope |
Dale |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Power |
Colin Bert |
RAAF - L/Aircraftsman |
AUS |
|
Poynton |
Derrick Edward |
Army - Corporal |
BRI |
|
Prendergast |
Sheridan Anthony |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Proff |
Harold Philip |
Army - 1st/Lt. - Medic |
USA |
|
Pronovost |
Dean Oliver |
Army - Private - Medic |
USA |
|
Rafalovich |
Daniel Spiro |
Navy Chief-MS |
USA |
|
Rayburn |
Thomas Dilworth. |
Army - Sergeant |
USA |
|
Reed |
Henry Lee |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Roberts |
Fred (Frederick) |
Army - Sergeant |
BRI |
|
Robins |
Noel Henry |
Army - Sergeant |
AUS |
|
Robison |
Ernest Leroy |
Army - Private - Medic |
USA |
|
Robson |
Robert Baxter |
Army - Corporal |
AUS |
|
Rochdale |
Clarke T. |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Rodda |
David Vernon |
Army - Private - Signalman |
AUS |
|
Romero |
Aristotel Silva |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Rose |
Earl Brigham |
Navy - EM 3/c |
USA |
|
Runge |
David Ernest |
Army - Driver |
AUS |
|
Sabbota |
Isadore |
Army - Corporal |
USA |
|
Sanders |
Houston Watt |
Medical Warrant Officer |
USA |
|
Sandoval |
Larry Robert |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Sater |
Harry E. |
Civilian |
USA |
|
Sayan |
Russell David |
Army - S/Sergeant |
USA |
|
Schaszberger |
Clifford |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Schnitzer |
Alfred Joseph |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Schott |
Robert William |
Army - Major, Medical Doctor |
USA |
|
Schwartz |
Solomon |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Scott |
George Edmund |
Army - Lance Corporal |
AUS |
|
Silva |
Agapito Encina |
Army - Corporal |
USA |
|
Silva |
Jesus Maria |
Army - Corporal |
USA |
|
Simms |
Harry Thomas |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Simons |
Trevor Cyril |
Army WO - S/Condr. |
BRI |
|
Sims |
Leland |
Army Air Corp - PFC. |
USA |
|
Smallwood |
James Garlin |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Smith |
Walter Clifford |
Navy - Chief Machinist Mate |
USA |
|
Smith |
Wiley Ancel |
Army Air Corp - Sergeant |
USA |
|
Smith |
William |
Army -PFC. |
USA |
|
Smith |
Noel Boyd |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
Snow |
Sydney Glyn |
Army Air Corp - PFC. |
USA |
|
Sosvieale |
Clarence Henry |
Navy - Chief Quartermaster |
USA |
|
Spears |
Ivey Meari |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Spiller |
John |
Army - Driver/Private |
BRI |
|
Starcevich |
Joseph Frederich |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
Starkey |
Arthur |
Army - PFC. |
BRI |
|
Starnes |
Fred Charles |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Staunton |
Harry Grover |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Steele |
Richard Ward |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Stokes |
Leslie Thomas |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Stone |
Ernest Albert |
Army - Corporal |
AUS |
|
Strange |
Bruce Langley |
Navy - Able Seaman |
AUS |
|
Sublett |
Henry William |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Sullivan |
John William |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Sunderland |
Norman Joseph |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
Sweet |
Clifford Eugene |
Army - Gunner |
USA |
|
Swobe |
Elmer D. |
Civilian |
USA |
|
Symon |
John Fowler |
Army - Corporal |
BRI |
|
Tapocott |
Donald |
Navy Ph/Mate 2C |
USA |
|
Taylor |
Clarence Mariet |
Boatswain |
USA |
|
Taylor |
John Liddle |
Army - Corporal |
AUS |
|
Tennenberg |
Lester |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Thompson |
Torvald Adolph |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Thomson |
Robert Melrose |
Air Force - Sergeant |
AUS |
|
Tideswell |
Raymond |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
Timmons |
Wallace Lloyd |
Army - Sergeant |
USA |
|
Tinkler |
William |
Army - Private |
BRI |
|
Tomes |
Jessie Fred |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Trouchet |
Louis |
Army - Sergeant |
AUS |
|
True |
Joe Wheless |
Army - S/Sgt. |
USA |
|
Tweedie |
Donald Kenneth |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
Tybur |
Albert John |
Navy - Ph/Mate 1c |
USA |
|
Underwood |
William Alexander |
Army - Sergeant |
BRI |
|
Uren |
Thomas (Tommy) |
Army - Bombardier |
AUS |
|
Vacchiano |
Lewis John |
Navy - Chief M/ Mate |
USA |
|
Vaillancourt |
Joseph Alfred |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Van In Wagen, |
Edgar |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Veness |
Charles Norman |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
Vernon |
John Florimond |
Chief Pharmacist Mate 1/c |
USA |
|
Vick |
Kenneth |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Voelcker |
James |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Voevodin |
Anatole |
Army - Private - Gunner |
AUS |
|
Voros |
Louis John |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
|
Walker |
Floyd Eugene |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Walpole |
Harry Joseph |
Army - Private |
BRI |
|
Ward |
Frederick Thomas |
Army - Private - Driver |
AUS |
|
Watson |
Bruce Edward |
Navy - GM/3c |
USA |
|
Weidel |
Leonard August |
Chief Commissary |
USA |
|
Wheeler |
Jack Carroll |
Army - M/Sergeant |
USA |
|
Whitworth |
Laurel Woodrow |
Navy - SC/1c - Cook |
USA |
|
Wilder |
Carleton Merral |
Army - Private |
USA |
|
Wilkinson |
Charles R. |
Army - Sergeant |
AUS |
|
Williams |
Robert Morrison |
Army - Private - Medic |
USA |
|
Willis |
Frederick Reginald |
Army - Driver |
AUS |
|
Wilson |
Gerald Anthony |
Army - Corporal |
USA |
|
Wood |
Thomas |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Woods |
Robert |
Army - Driver |
BRI |
|
Wright |
Raymond Robert (Bob) |
Army - Private |
AUS |
|
Wyllie |
Kevin James |
Army Air Force Sgt. |
AUS |
|
Yoder |
John Edward |
Navy - SF/3c |
USA |
|
Young |
David |
Army - Sapper |
AUS |
|
Yovetich |
John Michael |
Army - PFC. |
USA |
Names in Red: not yet confirmed as from Camp 17