Accession Number | S04322 |
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Collection type | Sound |
Measurement | 27 min 15 sec |
Object type | To be confirmed |
Physical description | micro cassette; Dictaphone MC60; mono |
Maker |
Jones, Albert George Billett, Janet Roberts |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
Date made | 1 January 2000 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Permission of copyright holder required for any use and/or reproduction. |
Albert (Bert) Jones as a member of the 2/21 Battalion, which later became Gull Force (with some input from Russell Lavery, also of the 2/21.)
Description
Bert Jones as a member of the 2/21 Battalion, which later became Gull Force (with some input from Russell Lavery, also of the 2/21.) Bert talks about his three years as a POW in Ambon, describing stealing and hiding food from Japanese, and the lack of sharing between officers and men; catching goats, cats and dogs for food; a punishment "cage" constructed by the CO of the camp for incarcerating men who broke any Japanese rules. Both Lavery and Jones tell how a friend of theirs was beaten by the camp CO and the Japanese for stealing a pig and afterwards died of his injuries.
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Albert (Bert) Jones as a member of the 2/21 Battalion, which later became Gull Force (with some input from Russell Lavery, also of the 2/21.)