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NX36050 Mervyn Robert Farrands as a Lance Corporal, 2/19 Battalion, and prisoner of the Japanese 1941-1945, interview by Donald Wall
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Maker: Farrands, Mervyn Robert Wall, Donald
Talks of being transported to Japan on the Rakuyu Maru, overcrowding, men and conditions on ship; disentry and malaria; McGregor throwing Japanese overboard; bombing of surrounding tankers; panic on b...S04091
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NX27647 Norman Lloyd Rosser as a Private, C Company, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Rosser, Norman Lloyd Wall, Donald
Talks about the men and conditions in POW camp. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S04099
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NX35002 Ronald Oswald Merrett as a Major, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Donald Wall
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Maker: Merrett, Ronald Oswald Wall, Donald
Talks of 'Merrett force' Singapore and Japanese invasion; 2/18 Battalion over-run; discussion about official diary written in Changi; rumour regarding Asherton ambush; formation of A force in Changi; ...S04100
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NX70758 Ronald Wair Eaton as a Lieutenant, 2/30 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, Burma-Thai railway, 1941-45, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Eaton, Ronald Wair Wall, Donald
Talks of the isolation of cholera patients; water shortages and contamination; maggot infested whale meat; reads extracts from diary about problems with command under difficult conditions A transcrip...S04086
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NX33432 Roy Edward Kent as a Private, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Donald Wall
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Maker: Wall, Donald Kent, Roy Edward
Talks about his brother William W. C.'Curly' Kent (NX2817) and related stories of Kuching and Changi POW camps A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact ...S04071
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NX35139 Roy Markham Mills as a Captain, 2/10 Field Ambulance and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Donald Wall
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Maker: Mills, Roy Markham Wall, Donald
Talks of the first stage of march, conditions and duties establishing cookhouses; bath at Thasoa (cemetery); next stop Konkoita and Taimonta; Burmese camp conditions alongside Australians; description...S04087
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NX76171 Russell Winthrop Ewin as a Lieutenant, 8 Division Signals and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Ewin, Russell Winthrop Wall, Donald
Talks of the first year at Sandakan POW camp A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S04094
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NX33936 Stanley Neil as a Sergeant, 'Z' Special Unit, Australian Army, Borneo, 1945, interviewed by Donald Wall
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Maker: Neil, Stanley Wall, Donald
Talks of attempted rescue of PYTHON (intelligence gathering party in Borneo); avoiding the Japanese and being helped by the Chinese. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further infor...S04055
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NX65549 Sydney Kitchener Musgrove as a Private, 2/30 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, Burma-Thai railway, 1941-45, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Musgrove, Sydney Kitchener Wall, Donald
Talks of the march to Lower Nieki POW camp, first cholera death; plan to help stragglers; arrival at Nieki and monsoons; low moral and pep talk by major Bruce Hunt; treatment of ulcers and amputation...S04085
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NX19827 Thomas Robert Moxham as a Gunner, 2/15 Field Regiment and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Moxham, Thomas Robert Wall, Donald
Sinking of Rakuyu Maru; being forced below desks before torpedo attack; threw Japanese captain overboard; many men in water died when destroyer exploded. Problems with tying lifeboats together; picked...S04096
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NX67855 Thomas Russell 'Pat' Hamilton as a Lieutenant, Mission 204 'Tulip' Force and 2/20 Battalion, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Hamilton, Thomas Russell Wall, Donald
(Uses diary reference) Stories of Mission 204 including training in Burma. Men in 2/20 Battalion on Mission 204; volunteering and secrecy of unit; barracks and Gloucester regiment at Maymyo; training ...S04066
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NX57223 Walter George Williams as a Private, 2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese 1941-1945, interviewed by Donald Wall
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Maker: Williams, Walter George Wall, Donald
Sinking of Rakuyo Muro; discussion about survivors A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S04053
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NX55137 William George Hearl as a Corporal, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Hearl, William George Wall, Donald
NX55137 William George Hearl as a Corporal, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information pl...S04062
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NX66656 Wynford Arthur Racklyeft as a Private, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese 1940-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Racklyeft, Wynford Arthur Wall, Donald
Talks of period in Singapore prior to Japanese attack; Endau River; defeat and capture by Japanese; Changi camp. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contac...S04063
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QX14380 Owen Colin Campbell as a Gunner, 2/10 Field Regiment, and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Donald Wall
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Maker: Campbell, Owen Colin Wall, Donald
Sandakan - meeting with soldier outside POW camp while on work party; burning of camp and removal of cemetery crosses; names put on old tobacco tins and nailed to cross; Sticpweich identified all men...S04102
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S3478 Francis Joseph McGovern as an Able Seaman, HMAS Perth and Prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: McGovern, Francis Joseph Wall, Donald
Talks of surviving the sinking of the Rakuyo Maru while being transported to Japan; men who didin't survive. in Japan , British survivors on Kachidoki Maru; on Hainan Island to Yokhama, Kowasaki cam...S04089
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Transcript of 'E' Force, 2/20 Battalion diary written in Sandakan Prisoner of War camp, read by Don Wall
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Maker: Wall, Donald
Describes Borneo; conditions on Japanese ship the Taku Maru and at the Sandakan camp; punishments, food, health and deaths.S04069
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Unidentified Australian soldier, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Wall, Donald
Talks of when Japanese entered Malaya; death of Assheton; Assheton's notebook; events at Mersing, Endua River; Beaufort Battery; position set up at Jahore Bahru enroute to Singapore Island; names mi...S04092
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WX11105 Ada Corbitt 'Mickey' Syer as a Captain, Australian Army Nursing Service and NX59288 Leslie William Joseph Bond as a Private, all 2/20 Battalion, both prisoners of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Bond, Leslie William Joseph Syer, Ada Corbitt Wall, Donald
[interview possibly continues from S04057] Syer talks about Vivian Bullwinkel hiding from the Japanese and finding wounded Englishman, Kingsley from ship HMS Prince of Wales; wound septic and soldier ...S04098
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WX11105 / W102 Ada Corbitt (Mickey) Syer, as a Captain, Australian Army Nursing Service and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Syer, Ada Corbitt Wall, Donald
Talks of escape from Singapore and bombing of ship Vyner Brooke, surviving in ocean and landing on beach at Banka Island, POW of Japanese; hears about the Bullwinkel party from British burial detail....S04057