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Accession Number | S04105 |
Collection type | Sound |
Measurement | 31 min 50 sec |
Object type | Oral history |
Physical description | audio cassette; TDK D90; mono |
Maker |
Hole, Frank |
Date made | 25 June 1984 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC |
Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
2107455 (NX33524) Frank Hole, Private, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1942-1945, interviewed by Donald Wall
In June 1944 was working in stainless steel foundry in Japan; living conditions in Japan; summer 1944 - conditions had improved a little; news of Thai-Burma railway passed on from British survivors sent to Japan; factory manager concern for tired POW workers; Australians preferred for furnace teams; removal of officers August 1944; Christmas 1944 service, Redcross supplies; brutality of Japanese guards 'Fishface' and 'Gummy'; beatings by Japanese civilian overseers; summer 1945 - anticipating invasion of Japan; food shortages for Japanese civilians; not expected to survive coming winter; Mentioned: Ron Merrett (NX35002); Theo M Lee (NX57412), Stan Slater (NX26674)
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2107455 (NX33524) Frank Hole, Private, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1942-1945, interviewed by Donald Wall