| Accession Number | S04085 |
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| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 1 hr 10 min |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | audio cassette; unbranded C90; two track mono |
| Maker |
Musgrove, Sydney Kitchener Wall, Donald |
| Date made | 19 September 1993 |
| 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. |
NX65549 Sydney Kitchener Musgrove as a Private, 2/30 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, Burma-Thai railway, 1941-45, interviewed by Don Wall
Description
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 amputations; dysentry ward; effects of monsoon; ancedotes about medical incidents, John Taylor and food; lice and bugs; smallpox in native camp; outbreak of berri berri; altercation with British; praise for John Taylor; bamboo toothbushes; ANZAC days and reunions, after the war; mateship in the camps.
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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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NX65549 Sydney Kitchener Musgrove as a Private, 2/30 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, Burma-Thai railway, 1941-45, interviewed by Don Wall