Description
Object description
Photocopy of a ts memoir (316pp) describing his life from 1911 to the 1980s including childhood in Hertfordshire (1911 - 1918), work as an office junior with J A Wattie and Co in London (until 1935) and Java (1935 - 1942), service as a liaison/intelligence officer there on Wavell's staff (February - March 1942), his experiences during the Japanese invasion and occupation (February - October 1942) and as an internee (Malang, Soekamiskin, Tjimahi and Baros III camps, 1942 - 1945), repatriation via Singapore and post-war reacclimatisation in England. He quotes extensively from Catharina Baker's, his (Dutch) wife's, diary covering her internment in Java (Batoe, Tana Tinggih, Tangerang and Tjideng camps 1942 - 1945), and gives very useful information about the approach of war in the Far East, his service under Wavell, the Japanese invasion and administration of Java, Japanese treatment of civilians and local natives, his experience of six months in solitary confinement following the 'double tenth' (1943), conditions and social problems in camp especially between Dutch and British internees, the arrival of relief, finding his wife again, talking with the Mountbattens after the surrender and re-adjustment to normal life. Also with a photocopy of music transcribed in the camps and a linen map (1:1,000,000) of Java, Sumatra and Borneo.
Content description
Photocopy of a ts memoir (316pp) describing his life from 1911 to the 1980s including childhood in Hertfordshire (1911 - 1918), work as an office junior with J A Wattie and Co in London (until 1935) and Java (1935 - 1942), service as a liaison/intelligence officer there on Wavell's staff (February - March 1942), his experiences during the Japanese invasion and occupation (February - October 1942) and as an internee (Malang, Soekamiskin, Tjimahi and Baros III camps, 1942 - 1945), repatriation via Singapore and post-war reacclimatisation in England. He quotes extensively from Catharina Baker's, his (Dutch) wife's, diary covering her internment in Java (Batoe, Tana Tinggih, Tangerang and Tjideng camps 1942 - 1945), and gives very useful information about the approach of war in the Far East, his service under Wavell, the Japanese invasion and administration of Java, Japanese treatment of civilians and local natives, his experience of six months in solitary confinement following the 'double tenth' (1943), conditions and social problems in camp especially between Dutch and British internees, the arrival of relief, finding his wife again, talking with the Mountbattens after the surrender and re-adjustment to normal life. Also with a photocopy of music transcribed in the camps and a linen map (1:1,000,000) of Java, Sumatra and Borneo.
History note
Cataloguer PHR
History note
Catalogue date 1991-06-26