| Accession Number | S04089 |
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| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 1 hr 3 min |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | audio cassette; PHILIPS FS 60; two track mono |
| Maker |
McGovern, Francis Joseph Wall, Donald |
| Date made | 24 October 1990 |
| 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. |
S3478 Francis Joseph McGovern as an Able Seaman, HMAS Perth and Prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
Description
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 camp; Shibora engineering works 1 October 1944, bath and new clothes, civilian guards; fire bombing of Tokyo, evacuation and devastation; POWs moved at Kowasaki ; lifted by blast and landed in crater; men who died in allied air raid; (3rd person from HMAS Perth joins discussion - general discussion of Thai-Burma railway) Mcgovern resumes; broken back and facial injuries from blast, rough ride to Shinabai Hospital; conditions at hospital; suspicious deaths of men in operating theatre.
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.
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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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S3478 Francis Joseph McGovern as an Able Seaman, HMAS Perth and Prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall