| Accession Number | S04070 |
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| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 1 hr 38 min |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | audio cassette; BASF chromdioxid C120; mono |
| Maker |
Baker, Francis Joseph Wall, Donald |
| Date made | 20 July 1984 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Permission of copyright holder required for any use and/or reproduction. |
NX59308 Francis Joseph Baker as a Sergeant, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Donald Wall
Description
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 assistant); relations with and discipline by Japanese guards. Describes condition on Aki Maru, Japanese transport ship; two weeks in Manila Harbour, deaths and sickness; American torpedo attack; coping in a typhoon; arrival at Moji, Japan, 7 months at Yamine (Niihama) POW camp, conditions in copper mines, names of men; punishment of prisoner in winter 1945; work at railway yard; news of bombing of Japan and end of war; American supplies and medics
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