| Accession Number | S04083 |
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| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 55 min 34 sec |
| Object type | To be confirmed |
| Physical description | audio cassette; BASF chromdioxid C120; two track mono |
| Maker |
McDougall, Angus Wall, Donald |
| Date made | 18 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. |
NX56636 Angus McDougall as a Private, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, inverviewed by Don Wall
Description
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 work, Alan Goble and Major Hunt mentioned; injured in mine explosions; description of camp and clean up ordered by Major Hunt; behaviour and attitude of Japanese officers; Nieki camp; ration parties; scene at British camp (death camp); Tanbaya F Force hospital camp, death hut, treatment of leg, conditions of camp; stories of meat and tools at Sonkurai, Korean camp CO; Frank Driscoll's stew; officers take over hut; death of Jack Carroll and Pte Trotter (no ID); cholera deaths and malaria; praise for Major Hunt; sickness of locals and cremation of dead, the reactions of bereaved families to stories about their family members' circumstances of death.
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