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  • 20110218 WN S1015650 0005.jpg - Flickr - NZ Defence Force.jpg

    Photo by New Zealand Defence Force from Wellington, New Zealand via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

  • Featherston POW memorial MRD 01.jpg

    Photo by Mike Dickison via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

  • Featherston POW memorial MRD 02.jpg

    Photo by Mike Dickison via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

  • Game, puzzle (AM 1996.177.1-1).jpg

    Photo by Unknown via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

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    Photo by Unknown via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

  • Memorial of Featherston Japanese PoW Camp, Featheston, South Wairarapa, New Zealand.jpg

    Photo by RDMALB via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Plaque, wall (AM 1999.61.1).jpg

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  • Sandal (AM 1996.177.2).jpg

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Background

Featherston prisoner of war camp was a camp for captured Japanese soldiers during World War II at Featherston, New Zealand, notorious for a 1943 incident in which 48 Japanese and one New Zealander were killed. The camp had been established during World War I as a military training camp and had also been used as an internment camp from 1918 to 1920, when 14 German internees remained there.

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World Prisons. (2026). Featherston Prisoner of War Camp. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/featherston-prisoner-of-war-camp
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"Featherston Prisoner of War Camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/featherston-prisoner-of-war-camp.
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@misc{worldprisons-featherston-prisoner-of-war,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Featherston Prisoner of War Camp},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/featherston-prisoner-of-war-camp},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}