4 Featherston Prisoner of War Camp

Date: 1943-1980

From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers

Reference: 2001-008-022

Description: Report and findings of the court of inquiry into the happenings which took place at the prisoner of war camp at Featherston (1943); article, `When the Japanese POWs in NZ rioted, 49 died' (1956); report on the proceedings of the court of inquiry held to investigate the events which took place in no 2 compound of the prisoner of war camp at Featherston (1943); original article and translation of `The Graves of incognito warriors (1963, 1977); translator's notes; Featherston and the Japanese connection, by Thompson for Bill McKerrow and Mr and Mrs Nysse (1980); the incidents at Cowra and Featherston as reported by Akiro Oikawa, Toshio Adachi and others, compiled by Thompson (1977) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1977-1993]

From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers

Reference: 2001-008-086

Description: Papers by Thompson, `The First shot', `The Story of Fujita Tamotsu', `Some notes about Featherston Prisoner-of-War Camp', translation of a report in Yomiurui Shinbun, `New Zealanders learning Japanese', `The graves of incognito warriors' and biographical essays Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1943-1995]

From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers

Reference: 2001-008-066

Description: Source notes and other papers relating to the Featherston incident in 1943; includes untranslated material in Japanese; report on the 5th Memorial Service for the POWs of the British Commonwealth and the former allied nations who died in Japan during World War II (1999); information from Peter Boston; notes from I G Taylor's research essay on the incident; clipping on Walter Allan Pelvin; list of guards and escorts present at the incident; various addresses; copies of WAII 2 correspondence from National Archives; list of Featherston contacts in Japan and photocopies of material on D-2 Section, HQ Tulagi Group (1942) Language - Includes untranslated material in Japanese Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1980-1995]

From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers

Reference: 2001-008-058

Description: File relating to proposal to erect a memorial at the Featherston prisoner of war camp; includes notes and sumamries by Thompson; correspondence and copies of correspondence with various people and authorities; translation of part of a letter from Toshio Adachi to the Ambassador of Japan to New Zealand (1992) and some comments on his letter; Japanese contributions for the existing memorial (1997); clippings; paper on possible places of interest in New Zealand for war memorial tourists from Japan (1993); reports on the failure of the memorial proposal (1994); material in Japanese including booklet described as `The story of the building of a memorial to the Japanese who died around Guadalacanal (Kawaisan was one of the men who helped to build this memorial) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1993-2000]

From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers

Reference: 2001-008-065

Description: Correspondence with various Japanese and New Zealand sources relating to Featherston Prisoner of War Camp; includes account by Lieutenant McLean of the Featherston incident in 1943; and a reference to an English translation of the Senjunkin relating to an article by Charlotte Carr-Gregg in `Oceania' Language - Some material is in Japanese and is not translated Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of the Thompsons with Adachi and two photographs of Japanese POWs embarking from Wellington for Japan (1945) (from Carr-Gregg correspondence).

Date: 1943, 1990s

From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers

Reference: 2001-008-013

Description: Papers collected and or compiled by Thompson on the Featherston court of inquiry; includes material from National Archives, transcripts of proceedings, witnesses, reports, findings, list of wounded Japanese and other material Japanese witnesses were Yoshio Miyazaki, Masao Harada, Eizo Matsuda, Minoru Kono, Kentaro Masuda, Naoji Futakuri, Tokuchiyo, Sakujiro Kamikubo, Ikunosuke Nishimura, Toshio Adachi Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Jan 1994

From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers

Reference: 2001-008-128

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1974-1977]

From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers

Reference: 2001-008-027

Description: Primarily correspondence between Russell Orr, Keith Robertson (Robbie) and Thompson relating to the Featherston prisoner of war camp; includes clippings (one of death of Orr), extracts, research notes on prisoners, circulars Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Negatives relating to the proposed Featherston prisoner of war camp memorial; and photograph of Keith Robertson and Toshio Adachi.

Date: [1985-1986]

From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers

Reference: 2001-008-033

Description: Notes, some in Japanese, expenses, clippings, draft press statements and other papers relating to the visit of Messrs Adachi, Goto and Sakurai to the Featherston Military Camp in 1986 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1992-1997]

From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers

Reference: 2001-008-018

Description: Correspondence with Nicolaidi re his book, `Featherston chronicles' in which Thompson assisted; also copies of transferred photographs Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Two photographs of Thompson and Nicolaidi working together.