Harris, John Birkett (Oral history)

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British officer served with B Troop, 89th Bty, 35th Light Anti-Aircraft Regt, Royal Artillery on Sumatra and Java, Dutch East Indies, 1/1942-3/1942; prisoner of war in Tanjong Priok Camp, Java, Dutch East Indies, Changi Camp, Singapore, Malaya and Batu Lintang Camp, Kuching, Sarawak, British Borneo, 3/1942-8/1945

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REEL Recollections of operations as officer with B Troop, 89th Bty, 35th Light Anti-Aircraft Regt, Royal Artillery on Sumatra and Java, Dutch East Indies, 1/1942-3/1942: voyage aboard HMT Empress of Japan from GB to Dutch East Indies, 11/1941-3/1942; deployment to Palembang I Airfield at Talang Betutu on Sumatra; Japanese air attacks and ammunition shortages; successes against Japanese aircraft; landing of parachutists of 2nd Parachutist Raiding Regt, Imperial Japanese Army, 13/2/1942-14/2/1942; retreat to Palembang; fate of other anti-aircraft batteries; voyage to Batavia, Java and deployment to Andir Airfield, Bandoeng; receiving news of surrender, 8/3/1942; further details of personnel and units involved in actions in Dutch East Indies. REEL 2 Aspects of period as prisoner of war in Tanjong Priok Camp, Java, Dutch East Indies, Changi Camp, Singapore, Malaya and Batu Lintang Camp, Kuching, Sarawak, British Borneo, 3/1942-8/1945: voyage from Tanjong Priok Camp, Java to Singapore, Malaya, 9/1942; reception on arrival at Changi Camp; work on airfield at Kuching, Sarawak, British Borneo; separation of prisoner of war officers and other ranks and role of NCOs in maintaining discipline; opinion of author James Clavell; camp conditions; return to GB via New Zealand; contact with former prisoners of war; post-war activities and effects of imprisonment; story of racehorse trainer and former prisoner of war Bill Wightman; presence of flag from Batu Lintang Camp at Kuching in church in Oxford, GB.

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Category: Sound
Related period: Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: Harris, John Birkett (Production company)
Harris, John Birkett (Recorder)
Harris, John Birkett (Interviewee/Speaker)
Dimensions: whole: Duration 50, Number Of Items 2
Catalogue number: 11181

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