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Spice Island Slaves. Spice Island Slaves. Author: Leslie J. Audus.…
Death in the Spice Islands. Death in the Spice Islands. Compiled by Amanda Johnston. From Java to an Uncertain Fate.…
Spice Islands Camps. One of the major tragedies amongst the horrific stories of the Far East prisoners of war in Japanese hands during the Second World War is that of the drafts from Java to the Molucca Archipelago or 'Spice Islands'.…
of respects from other moving POW accounts, this book covers the experiences of 22 servicemen from the Army, Royal Navy, RAF and volunteer forces who were held captive in numerous locations through South East Asia including Thailand, Burma, Hong Kong, the Spice…
Haruku/Ambon and Moluccas (Spice Islands). amanda@dcodetranslations.co.uk. Welfare Grants. Grants are available from the FEPOWs’ Central Welfare Fund for all FEPOWs, wives and widows.…
Haruku/Ambon and Moluccas (Spice Islands). amanda@dcodetranslations.co.uk. Welfare Grants. Grants are available from the FEPOWs’ Central Welfare Fund for all FEPOWs, wives and widows.…
Haruku/Ambon and Moluccas (Spice Islands). amanda@dcodetranslations.co.uk. Welfare Grants. Grants are available from the FEPOWs’ Central Welfare Fund for all FEPOWs, wives and widows.…
Haruku/Ambon and Moluccas (Spice Islands). amanda@dcodetranslations.co.uk. Welfare Grants. Grants are available from the FEPOWs’ Central Welfare Fund for all FEPOWs, wives and widows.…
Haruku/Ambon and Moluccas (Spice Islands). amanda@dcodetranslations.co.uk. Welfare Grants. Grants are available from the FEPOWs’ Central Welfare Fund for all FEPOWs, wives and widows.…
Haruku/Ambon and Moluccas (Spice Islands). amanda@dcodetranslations.co.uk. Welfare Grants. Grants are available from the FEPOWs’ Central Welfare Fund for all FEPOWs, wives and widows.…
During the time of the Japanese invasion these islands were commonly known as the "Spice Islands".…
Haruku/Ambon and Moluccas (Spice Islands). amanda@dcodetranslations.co.uk. Welfare Grants. Grants are available from the FEPOWs’ Central Welfare Fund for all FEPOWs, wives and widows.…
Looking at an atlas I do not find it but locate Ambon nearby, which is also mentioned, and then a scan of my research friend, the Internet, reveals a map of the Moluccas or 'Spice Islands', so named because of the proliferation of spices sought after and fought…
In 1944, Allied aircraft began raids on the 'Spice Islands' - Huruku, Ambon, Celebes. Daylight raids scattered warning leaflets of the destruction that was to come.…
The tongue was unduly sensitive so that the patient could not eat hot or spiced foods and tobacco caused pain. Salivation was excessive. The condition was cured by rice polishings and peanuts. All Sections. Armed Forces Stories. Casualty Lists.…
More than fifty years ago, in 1943, the final spike was driven into the railway linking Rangoon in Burma with Bangkok in (the then) Siam.…
He had received bullet and shrapnel wounds whilst resisting capture and needed an operation to remove a bullet from very near his spine. He said that without that operation he would have spent the rest of his life in a wheel chair.…
He had received bullet and shrapnel wounds whilst resisting capture and needed an operation to remove a bullet from very near his spine. He said that without that operation he would have spent the rest of his life in a wheel chair.…
He was quite close to some barbed wire and a gust of wind whipped away one of the pages and deposited it on a spike of the barbed wire.…
Some of the Eurasian families had been in Malaya since the first long haul pirates arrived from Europe in the late sixteenth century: the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British all fighting to control the spice trade.…
As it was, the military garrison and many of the civilians disappeared during the war, the manner of their death remaining a mystery in spite of Officialdoms attempts to place most of them on one ship, the' Montevideo Maru'.…
---. (11) In spite of the above conditions, the general state of exhaustion of the men, the presence of the epidemic cholera in all camps, the practically universal malaria, diarrhoea and dysentery, the men were put to work at once by the I.J.A. engineers…
He received serious injuries to the spine and after the war spent six months receiving treatment ). When the grey dawn at last appeared, a party of Dutch military and some nurses arrived to help and organisation was possible.…
In spite of gunfire and bombing we found native traders on cycles offering us tinned pineapple and cigarettes. 8 February. - At dawn, 15 Platoon of 'Z' Company (the Platoon of which I was Platoon Sergeant) moved along Upper Thompson Road to the Naval Base and…
"Radios were our only reliable source of news and in spite of frequent searches, very few were ever discovered by our captors.…
In spite of all they had suffered, the released prisoners arrived on board the ship, that was to bring them on the first part of their journey home, in surprisingly high spirits. They were, however, in rags. Their clothes were torn and verminous.…
These staging camps were in the charge of truculent Japanese NCOs who demanded large fatigue-parties when the men should have been resting and forcibly drove the sick onto the road with blows to continue the march night after night, in spite of the protests…
In spite of being assured by the Japanese that we should be recognised as fully qualified POWs, on arrival in Tokyo we were never treated as such, we were never registered and were imprisoned in a camp, the existence of which remained unknown to the Red Cross…
Wavell had had an accident to his spine and had refused to go into hospital but there is not doubt that the shock of his injuries had impaired his judgement.…
These staging camps were in charge of truculent Japanese NCOs, who demanded large fatigue parties when the men should have been resting, and forcibly drove the sick onto the road with blows to continue the march might after night in spite of the protests of…
In spite of the very rough and bumpy journey, it was an incredible experience, as the Burmese people and their way of life is quite primitive - they almost live in a time warp.…
Arthur William Spicer. Brian G. Charles A. Douglas. Frank C. Frederick G. Frederick W. Herbert W. Jack. Leonard B. Leonard Stanley. Robert. Robert J T. Ronald. Thomas. Albert. Alexander J. Charles A. F. George J. H Norman T. Herbert F G. P H. Ronald W.…
We passed a poor fellow swimming; he was at the end of his tether and pleading to be picked up but we were forbidden to do so in spite of our protests. Ashore at Muntok, we were herded into various buildings.…
'For the first time in the West Coast campaign two complete Japanese Divisions were employed simultaneously, but in spite of all they could do they were unable to dislodge the Australians from any but the most advanced positions.…
Kanamoto strongly denied the adverse allegations made against him by other surviving members of Kure No.I , SNLP and contributed such mendacity to their malevolent spite because it was known by them that he had broken the code of silence about the incidents…
In spite of permanent Jap numerical and air superiority, their only request was to be allowed to stay in position and give the Japs a knock.…
In spite of this, he managed a six day crawl to the coast where he found a sampan. Drifting in this, he was rescued by Chinese fishermen and, after further adventures, reached Padang. CHANGI AND BEYOND.…
The treatment, however, was not too bad in spite of a few beatings up, and I was only hit once in the 7 months that I was in Java. At last the day arrived that we had all been dreading, when we received news of our departure for Japan.…
SPICER. SPICER. SPICKETT. SPIERS. SPIERS. SPIKE. SPILLANE. SPILLER. SPILLER. SPILLER. SPILLING. SPILLING. SPILLINGS. SPILMAN. SPILSBURY. SPINK. SPINK. SPINK. SPINK. SPINK. SPINK. SPINK. SPINKS. SPINKS. SPINKS. SPINKS. SPINKS. SPINKS. SPINKS. SPINNER.…
The first thing I saw outside the hut was the tall spire of the pagoda outside the camp with the sun shining on the gold leaf which covered it.…
In spite of the rigorous conditions, the camp was a very happy one and the Battalion really became tough as it was dry, cold and consequently exhilarating. Huts were warmed by means of tortoise stoves.…
Although the drivers of the lorries with the wounded reported no enemy action as they came through, it appears that so soon as night fell the parachutists were able to re-establish a road-block in spite of the Dutch.…
In spite of the fact that much more information in the form of passenger lists is now available,I have decided to continue to use the informal format of the original list, because many people have used it to help them find other people who were on the same…
The same evening, the C.O. with a small party of officers and other ranks of the Battalion was ordered away from the Island on an official 'escape' party and in spite of his forceful protests to Brigade was compelled to leave his Battalion.…
Kenneth Spicer. Phillip W. Roy Reginald. Ronald. David N. Edward J. Charles A.G. George Edward. John James. Albert. Edward Dixon. James. Thomas. Ronald T.L. Arthur R.V. Bevan Clarence. Brian Edward. C.G. Clifford Henry. David H. Douglas F. Edward Ernest.…
"Their condition was pitiful but in spite of this they managed a smart salute in response to my wave". In terrible health, the British prisoners had asked to see a doctor.…
In spite of these pre-occupations Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington managed to arrange for all ranks to undergo a special weapon training course.…
