The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Photocopied handwritten and typed memoirs (67 pages total), titled "From Sydney Through Hell to Sydney Remembering 50 years 1945-1995", by NX47238 Lieutenant M H Felsch of 2/20 Battalion. Memoirs cover 10 January 1942 - 20 September 1945: training in Australian Army camps -including camp at Dubbo; voyage to Singapore; service in Far East; capture by Japanese forces and experiences in Changi and Sime Road Prisoner of War camps, 1942-1945. The POW experiences include: food, disease, morale, entertainment, punishment, work duties and initial reactions of troops when receiving letters - held in store by the Japanese camp officers - at end of the war.
Typescript memoirs of 404448 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Eric F. Maher, No. 460 Squadron, RAAF, titled `My experiences as a prisoner of war in Germany June 8th 1942 - Sept. 8th 1944' (26 pages). Flt Lt
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
Ralph Godfrey as a member of 2/21st Infantry Battalion describes being a POW on Ambon; the morale of the battalion and their opinion of the Commanding officers; the administration of the POWs by their
Detailed record of experiences as a young Australian soldier in Malaya in 1941, and as a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese during 1942-1945. Discusses food, treatment by Japanese, work on Burma Ra
Diary maintained while prisoner of the Japanese in Burma, working on the railway at various camps, including Thanbyuzayat, Reptu, 100 Kilo. Records daily activities, food, camp conditions, deaths by e
Diary maintained while a prisoner of the Japanese by Bayliss from 5 May 1942 until his death, then by Crispin until December 1943. Provides a detailed daily record, commenting on food, work, treatment