Accession Number | S04080 |
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Collection type | Sound |
Measurement | 8 hr 3 min |
Object type | Oral history |
Physical description | audio cassette; TDK D90; two track mono |
Maker |
Botterill, Keith Wall, Donald |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial![]() |
Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Permission of copyright holder required for any use and/or reproduction. |
NX42191 Keith Botterill as a Private, 2/19 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Don Wall
Description
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; changes of guards; trail and contact with Japanese after the war; first shooting of a POW; discussion about route of march; Saturday night fights; meeting up of escape group; discuss discrepancies of other accounts; POW sign on hill outside camp, removed by Japanese; English POWs.
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