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Comments about NX12543 Captain E.W. (Bill) Gaden, 2/20th Battalion, his pre war service with the militia; formation of forces on the Burma Thailand Railway; trading with the native (indigeneous) people; provision of medical treatment; difficulty in obtaining medical supplies; role of officers; limited rations; the role of Sir Edward Weary Dunlop; material used to build the railway line; return to Changi; transfer of fitter prisoners of war to POW camps in Japan; convoy of POW ships torpedoed by American submarines; rescue of survivors; meeting with American submarine commander after war; camp in Japan; air drops by Americans; end of the war.
Part 1 of 256834 (NX34734) Reginald William James Newton, as the major Officer Commanding 2/19th Battalion, Prisoner of War (POW) on Burma-Thailand Railway, interviewed by the Gaden family about life as a POW and the experiences of Bill Gaden, 2/20th Battalion, POW Burma-Thailand Railway
Part 2 of 256834 (NX34734) Reginald William James Newton, as the major Officer Commanding 2/19th Battalion, Prisoner of War (POW) on Burma-Thailand Railway, interviewed by the Gaden family about life as a POW and the experiences of Bill Gaden, 2/20th Battalion, POW Burma-Thailand Railway
SX14044 Captain Colin Percival Juttner, 2/9th Field Ambulance, relates his experiences as a medical officer (MO) and prisoner of war (POW) in F Force. This is one of 21 interviews conducted by Dr John
NX34949 Captain John Percival Higgin, 2/4 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, relates his experiences as a medical officer (MO) and prisoner of war (POW) in A Force. The interview starts covers his
Experiences as a medical orderly on the Thai-Burma railway and other POW camps; describes illnesses, caring for sick men, conditions at camps and ancedotes; stories about John Quigley (medical assista
Maxwell Roy Venables, Ammunition Sub Park, Prisoner of War (POW) on the Burma-Thai railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and experiences as a POW A transcr
Noel Venning Harvey interviewed by Kelso High School students Luke Markwick and Joshua Potts about his experiences as a Prisoner of War (POW) on the Burma-Thailand Railway during the Second World War
Starts by correction of recollections of events at Changi in another book. As a POW 'D' Force - talks about receiving Red Cross parcel; 13 March 1943 - first 500 POWs to leave Changi /Singapore by tra