| Accession Number | S04093 |
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| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 36 min 35 sec |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | audio cassette; BASF chromdioxid C120; two track mono |
| Maker |
Wright, Arthur Frederick Wall, Donald |
| 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. |
NX32045 Arthur Frederick Wright as a Private, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
Description
Talks of the end of the war and rescue from Japanese POW camp; drowning of a guard in a latrine; on board a US hospital ship; delay in Manilla due to ill health; B29s fly overs in Tokyo area; working as a POW in Saigon; condition and suffering of POWs; Thai-Burma railway; doctors at the camp; incident where Japanese guard shot himself; address by George Ramsey to Japanese; story at Tampie; disarming Japanese guard and consequences; of a search.
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.
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NX32045 Arthur Frederick Wright as a Private, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall