| Accession Number | S01533 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 1 hour 23 minutes |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | AGFA PEM 369 on 5 inch reel |
| Maker |
Higgin, John Percival Mitchell, John |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Orange |
| Date made | 9 March 1991 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright |
| 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. |
Dr John Higgin interviewed by Dr John Mitchell about his experience as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese on the Burma-Thailand Railway, 1942-45
Description
NX34949 Captain John Percival Higgin, 2/4 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, relates his experiences as a medical officer (MO) and prisoner of war (POW) in A Force. The interview starts covers his experience from the surrender of Singapore and continues through to his return to Sydney. The interview concentrates primarily on his experiences of camp life and travel as a POW including punishments, camp conditions, prisoner treatment and collaboration with Dutch medical officers.
There is some limited discussion in regards to medical conditions such as dysentery, malaria, cholera, scrub typhus, ulcers, gangrene, infected sores, bronchitis, pellagra and mental health. This also includes treatments using improvised medical equipment, intravenous therapy, the making of anaesthetics and set up of 55 Hospital Camp.
People mentioned during interview: Major Green, Colonel Black, WX3464 Claude Leonard Anderson, VX503645 Lieutenant Colonel Albert Ernest Coates , Southcott, Eric Baker, Don Cumming, Alex White, Captain Molle, NX70505 Lieutenant Colonel Tomas Hamilton, Major Fisher (2/4), SX10761 Major Alan Hobbs, TX2150 Major John Chalmers, , NX76180 Captain Thomas Le Gay Brereton, Alec White (medical officer), SX13978 Major Sydney Krantz, NX76302 Captain David Clive Critchley Hinder, NX35135 Captain Ian Lovell Duncan and NX70453 Captain John Lindsay Taylor. Dutch medical staff include: Slagter, Vox Boxtell, Reallingnap, and Crock
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