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Prisoners in Java
Accounts by Allied Prisoners of War in the Far East (1942-1945) captured
in Java
Thousands
of British Servicemen were sent to the Far East in 1941 and 1942 as part
of the Allied Forces defence of these territories against the Japanese.
With minimal military back-up there was to be no 'Dunkirk' for the unfortunate
men left defending Java, the 'last bastion' after Singapore had fallen.
Following the Dutch capitulation of Java on the 8th March 1942 they all became prisoners of the Japanese, many of whom had only just arrived on the island.
As POWs they were ultimately deployed as Japanese slave labour on Java
itself, in other more remote parts of the Dutch East Indies, on the Thai/Burma
and Sumatra Railways and also the Japanese homelands.
Thousands of men did not return, but many of those that did continued the strong comradeship borne out of adversity by forming clubs.
One such club is The Java Club 1942, whose members over the years have filled their Java Journal with their recollections and personal accounts. This book is a compilation of these articles which illustrate the horror and despair, as well as some of the more humorous moments of their three and a half years in captivity.
Over 336 pages and 140 maps & illustrations!
The book is available from:
Lesley Clark, 5 Barrons Close, Ongar, Essex, CM5 9BJ
Email: lesleyclarkuk@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: 01277 362313
Price : £18.99 plus UK postage & packaging £4.95
per copy
P&P for overseas orders :
Australia, USA, New Zealand etc : Air Mail - £11.01, Surface Mail
- £6.01
European : Air Mail - £6.51
Cheques payable to The Java Club