Description
Object description
Ms journal (50pp), together with a ts transcription (48pp) for February 1942 - September 1945, begun retrospectively in (?) 1944 and completed after his liberation, kept by an RAOC officer and covering his service with a detachment of troops from the Base Ordnance Depot during the final days of the battle for Singapore (February 1942) and his experiences as a prisoner of war in Changi camp, Singapore, including the Selarang incident (February - October 1942), during the rail journey from Singapore to Banpong (October) and then at various camps on the route of the Burma-Siam railway, notably Chungkai (November 1942 - January 1943), Bankao (January - April 1943), Wampo North (April 1943), Takanun (May - August 1943), Kanburi base hospital (August - October 1943), Takanun again (October - December 1943), Chungkai base camp (December 1943 - May 1944), Nakom Paton sanatorium camp (May - November 1944), Tamarkan (November 1944 - January 1945), Chungkai again and back to Tamarkan (January - February 1945) and finally Kanburi officers camp (February - September 1945), with good descriptions of the accommodation, food, working conditions, incidence of sickness and instances of ill-treatment by the Japanese at each camp, vivid accounts of the Allied air raids on Tamarkan and Kanburi in 1944 - 1945 and some critical references to the conduct of senior British officers in captivity; together with five pro-forma postcards sent home as a prisoner of war, June 1942 - June 1944, and one written following his liberation in September 1945.
Content description
Ms journal (50pp), together with a ts transcription (48pp) for February 1942 - September 1945, begun retrospectively in (?) 1944 and completed after his liberation, kept by an RAOC officer and covering his service with a detachment of troops from the Base Ordnance Depot during the final days of the battle for Singapore (February 1942) and his experiences as a prisoner of war in Changi camp, Singapore, including the Selarang incident (February - October 1942), during the rail journey from Singapore to Banpong (October) and then at various camps on the route of the Burma-Siam railway, notably Chungkai (November 1942 - January 1943), Bankao (January - April 1943), Wampo North (April 1943), Takanun (May - August 1943), Kanburi base hospital (August - October 1943), Takanun again (October - December 1943), Chungkai base camp (December 1943 - May 1944), Nakom Paton sanatorium camp (May - November 1944), Tamarkan (November 1944 - January 1945), Chungkai again and back to Tamarkan (January - February 1945) and finally Kanburi officers camp (February - September 1945), with good descriptions of the accommodation, food, working conditions, incidence of sickness and instances of ill-treatment by the Japanese at each camp, vivid accounts of the Allied air raids on Tamarkan and Kanburi in 1944 - 1945 and some critical references to the conduct of senior British officers in captivity; together with five pro-forma postcards sent home as a prisoner of war, June 1942 - June 1944, and one written following his liberation in September 1945.
History note
Cataloguer RWAS
History note
Catalogue date 1999-07