Description
Object description
Ts transcript (233pp), produced from the original manuscripts in September 1945, of a diary written intermittently between March 1942 and August 1945 describing the reactions of his unit, the Singapore Royal Artillery (V), to the surrender of Singapore on February 15th 1942 and his subsequent experiences as a prisoner of war at Changi (February - May 1942) and River Valley Road (May - October 1942) camps, Singapore and then at the camps in the proximity of the Burma-Thailand railway at Wampo (October 1942 - May 1943), Tonchan and Kanyu (May - August 1943), Kinsaiyok (August 1943 - February 1944), Tarsao (February - March 1944) and Tamuang (April 1944 - May 1945) and finally at Pratchai near Bangkok (June - August 1945); together with a ts history (81pp) of the Malayan campaign, written in 1946 and based on his memory of conversations in captivity with officers and men of the units involved and documents which they had shown him. Gale, a solicitor, had been Battery Quartermaster Sergeant (BQMS) in his unit at the time of Singapore's capitulation and for most of the period of captivity had staff appointments as camp canteen supervisor or camp clerk.
Content description
Ts transcript (233pp), produced from the original manuscripts in September 1945, of a diary written intermittently between March 1942 and August 1945 describing the reactions of his unit, the Singapore Royal Artillery (V), to the surrender of Singapore on February 15th 1942 and his subsequent experiences as a prisoner of war at Changi (February - May 1942) and River Valley Road (May - October 1942) camps, Singapore and then at the camps in the proximity of the Burma-Thailand railway at Wampo (October 1942 - May 1943), Tonchan and Kanyu (May - August 1943), Kinsaiyok (August 1943 - February 1944), Tarsao (February - March 1944) and Tamuang (April 1944 - May 1945) and finally at Pratchai near Bangkok (June - August 1945); together with a ts history (81pp) of the Malayan campaign, written in 1946 and based on his memory of conversations in captivity with officers and men of the units involved and documents which they had shown him. Gale, a solicitor, had been Battery Quartermaster Sergeant (BQMS) in his unit at the time of Singapore's capitulation and for most of the period of captivity had staff appointments as camp canteen supervisor or camp clerk.
History note
Cataloguer RWAS
History note
Catalogue date 1982-10-21