NX70758 Ronald Wair Eaton as a Lieutenant, 2/30 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, Burma-Thai railway, 1941-45, interviewed by Don Wall

Accession Number S04086
Collection type Sound
Measurement 13 min 3 sec
Object type Oral history
Physical description audio cassette; unbranded C90; two track mono
Maker Eaton, Ronald Wair
Wall, Donald
Date made 20 September 1993
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Description

Talks of the isolation of cholera patients; water shortages and contamination; maggot infested whale meat; reads extracts from diary about problems with command under difficult conditions
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