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Cecil Edward Allingham (NX45859) as a Private, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Allingham, Cecil Edward Wall, Donald
Crossing of Kranji River and later operations; diary kept; stories of men in 2/20 Battalion and names of those at POW camp, letters home; censorship of letters; conditions at Changi in 1942-43; story ...S04067
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21449 Eric Francis Davis as a Private, 2/15 Field Regiment and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Davis, Eric Francis Wall, Donald
Stories about men in 'B' force at Kuching and Sandakan, Borneo; Curly Kent selling to the Japanese; Colonel Suga's sword; execution and burial of Captain L. Matthews; discrepencies between stories o...S04097
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F3239 Arthur Bancroft as Able Seaman, HMAS Perth and prisoner of the Japanese 1941-1945, interviewed by Donald Wall
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Maker: Bancroft, Arthur Wall, Donald
Sinking of Rakuyo Maru, rescue aboard USS Queenfish and aftermath of war. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S04052
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NX50742 Alan Iredale Love as a Sergeant and NX54635 Charles Reid Wilkinson as a Lance Sergeant, both 2/20 Battalion and prisoners of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Love, Alan Iredale Wilkinson, Charles Reid Wall, Donald
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S04101
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NX57941 Alan "Joe" Wentworth Weston as a Sergeant, 2/18 Battalion, and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Weston, Alan Wentworth Wall, Donald
Talks of E Force; Kuching to Sandakan; distribution of radio parts between men and Captain Matthew's underground intelligence organisation; radio contact outside the camp with Lieutenant General Baba;...S04078
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NX56636 Angus McDougall as a Private, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, inverviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: McDougall, Angus Wall, Donald
Talks of the train to Ban Pong, the Japanese military's use of "comfort women" [women enslaved for sexual abuse]; 180 mile march to Sonkurai camp; smoke torture; worsening conditions on march; road wo...S04083
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NX32045 Arthur Frederick Wright as a Private, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Wright, Arthur Frederick Wall, Donald
Talks of the end of the war and rescue from Japanese POW camp; drowning of a guard in a latrine; on board a US hospital ship; delay in Manilla due to ill health; B29s fly overs in Tokyo area; workin...S04093
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NX35756 Clifford Leslie Farlow as a Corporal, 2/19 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall.
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Maker: Farlow, Clifford Leslie Wall, Donald
Talks of the sinking of Rakuyo Maru and rescue by USS Pampanito A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S04058
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NX36620 Donald Wall as a Private, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, reading from other POW journals
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Maker: Wall, Donald
Thai-Burma Railway; learns of A force going to Burma to build airstrips; at 105 camp and bombing that killed 5 Australians; Ban Pong and Sergeant Don Gunner; Great World camp, (Changi) 1942 and Singap...S04076
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NX36620 Donald Wall as a Private, 2/20 Battalion, reading extracts from 22 Brigade Headquarters Diary and 2/15 Field Regiment Diary
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Maker: Wall, Donald
Extracts from 22 Brigade Headquarters Diary and 2/15 Field Regiment DiaryS04060
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NX59308 Francis Joseph Baker as a Sergeant, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Donald Wall
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Maker: Baker, Francis Joseph Wall, Donald
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...S04070
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NX55797 Frank Alexander Chaplin as a Staff Sergeant, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Chaplin, Frank Alexander Wall, Donald
Talks of fall of Malaya and Singapore / Endua River; quotes from diary written at time of events; building Thai-Burma Railway; transported to Naoetsu POW camp in Japan A transcript of this recording...S04064
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NX72734 Frank Clem Smith as a Private, 2/30 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Donald Wall
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Maker: Smith, Frank Clem Wall, Donald
(Smith known as Pierce in service) Sonkurai, British camp, warning about condition of men before marching in; offer of rice to Australians from British POWs; feels that the British troops were let dow...S04088
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NX33524 Frank Hole and Edward Gerrard Derkenne, sergeant, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Wall, Donald Derkenne, Edward Gerrard Hole, Frank
Talks of early capture by Japanese of Frank Hole (NX33524), Merv Alchin (NX31444) and Donaldson (?) in Malaya; about Charlie Moses; encounter with cobra; [unidentified 3rd person - meeting of brother ...S04077
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NX53459 Gordon Nichol as a Sergeant, 2/3 Motor Ambulance Convoy and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, inverviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Nichol, Gordon Wall, Donald
Talks of F Force and Major Hunt; effects of cholera and long lasting effects of malaria; white flowers on Mothers Day; last days before fall of Singapore; nurses of Alexandria Hospital; hospital massa...S04082
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NX31310 Henry Charles Mallet Berthold as a Private and NX37205 George Wesley Forwood as a Private, both 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion and Prisoners of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Berthold, Henry Charles Mallet Forwood, George Wesley Wall, Donald
Anecdotes and stories of POWs in camps (mainly at Neiki) on Thai-Burma Railway; Forwood as a cook for the Japanese; contracting berri berri; Japanese guards and officers; remedies for cholera; story o...S04074
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NX42191 Keith Botterill as a Private, 2/19 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Botterill, Keith Wall, Donald
Talks of clearing jungle for wood at camp; burning and death of electrician; return to Ranau 1981; stories of eating a pawpaw tree; Address by Hoshi to officers on 'humiliation day' at end of 1942; ch...S04080
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NX42191 Keith Botterill, Private, 2/19 Battalion and NX58617 Nelson Alfred Ernest Short, Private, 2/18 Battalion, prisoners of the Japanese, 1942-45, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Botterill, Keith Short, Nelson Alfred Ernest Wall, Donald
NX42191 Keith Botterill, Private, 2/19 Battalion and NX58617 Nelson Alfred Ernest Short, Private, 2/18 Battalion, prisoners of the Japanese, 1942-45, interviewed by Don Wall A transcript of this reco...S04095
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NX33391 Leonard Francis Serong as a Private, 2/20 Battalion, and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
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Maker: Serong, Leonard Francis Wall, Donald
Don Wall quotes NX33357 B.W.Illidge (should be NX33351). Pre POW period in Malaya, then stories of treatment as POW. Don Wall quoting from own notes to set scene, continues stories of POWs at Endau. ...S04065
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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