Kediri                        Galoehan                  East-Java

 

                                                                                                                                                                    March 24, 2011

Camp Location

Galoehan was a sugar plantation, about 12 kilometers south of Kediri. The camp was located in the manager’s residence and outbuildings, adjacent to the narrow-gauge railway network (for the sugar-cane transport).

The main dwelling was called "Sans Souci". The camp was surrounded by a brick wall topped with barbed wire.

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Japanese Camp Commander

Kobayashi

 

Camp Guards

Native police staff

 

Dutch Camp Leaders

Mrs. Tideman, Mrs. van Harte-Vlierboom

 

Transports (source: Atlas Japanse Kampen)

Date

Arrived from

Transferred to

Number

in

transport

Total

number

in camp

Individual

type

Dec 27 ‘42 (1)

Surrounding Areas  (2)

 

304

304

w,ch,om

Dec. 31, 1942

 

??

53

251

b,om

Feb 17 ‘44 (3)

 

Amb: Banjoeb 10 (4)

251

0

w,ch

Abbreviations / Notes

b=boys, ch=children, om=old men, w=women

Amb=Ambarawa; Banjoeb=Banjoebiroe

(1) And December 28, 1942

(2) Among others, Kediri, Blitar, Toeloengagoeng, Pare (from plantations)

(3) According to Louise de Graaff:  at the end of 1943

(4) Transported by bus to Kertosono, by train to Ambarawa

 

References

Beekhuis, H. et al - Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 2, pp 94-95

Campen, Peter - Persoonlijke mededeling

Captain, Esther et al - Indië; een verre oorlog van dichtbij, 1995, pp 87-109 (interview with Louise de Graaff)

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, p 164; Volume II, 2002, p 140

Hedon, Ludus - Krokkot, 1995, p 109

 

Photographs / Drawings

Mieke Stalling (unpublished)

 

Rosters

Campen, Peter (reconstructed by unit)

 

Camp Map

Beekhuis, H. et al - Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 2, p 95

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, p 164; Volume II, p 140

 

 

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