Billy Young was the last survivor of the most atrocious and neglected chapters in Australia's wartime history. Of 2.500 Commonwealth prisoners...
Hi I'm trying to find out some information on my grandfather John Wesley Jacks who was a POW in Thailand. I know his service no 847494 and he was...
Hi All thanks in advance for any assistance you are able to offer. I am looking for any information/ hints on how to find information relating...
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYMORE INFROMATION REGARDING MY GRANDAD- KENNETH GELDARD? KENNETH GELDARD (Grandads) WW2 JOURNEY 30/Oct/1941- 23/Oct/1945...
I'm completely new, so apologies in advance... If anyone's reading this though, I'm desperately trying to find out information on my Great Grandad...
Personal Number: 143785 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Charles Antony Russell SMALLWOOD Unit: Royal Artillery London Gazette : 23 August 1940...
I have recently become aware of a family member, cousin of my grandfather, who served in the 49 Coast Observer Det. He was captured by the...
Evening all I’m trying to find some information about a friend’s great uncle. Harold James Wills served with the Royal Artillery 9th Coastal...
Hi Can anyone help me with the name of the POW camp on the attached, from January to April 1944. Looks like Canbrui no 3? Thanks Steve[ATTACH]
My Uncle lost his life when the Tomahoko Maru was torpedoed by submarine USS Tang on 24th June 1944. I have a death certificate issued by Japan...
Anyone else interested in this subject? it's almost never talked about- but that's probably due to the information being so scarce and the...
hi there! ive started my research on my great grandfather, Edward Butler, who was a POW in thailand during the war. ive been okay with finding...
Looking through some POW Liberation questionnaires I'm struggling to ID a few camps, can anyone help with the 6 with red marks to the left on the...
Hi All I've just received my relative's service record from the MOD. ( over a year wait!) and I can see that he was taken prisoner at Singapore in...
A 65 MB download is available from Australian Archives which includes, amongst statements from Australian and Dutch witnesses, affidavits and...
I’m looking for help researching William Alfred Stevens. According to his wife’s (Rebecca Eva Smyth) probate record, he was a ship purser/ chief...
Emetine was used in the treatment of Amoebic Dysentery, from which disease many POWs in Thailand suffered. J.K. Gale was a practising lawyer in...
Hello, I'm very new here, I'm a bit confused & I'm hoping someone can help! My grandfather was in the Royal Norfolk Regiment & this is the...
Hi Folks, a newbie to the forum here. I've asked permission of the moderators to ask this. I'm a freelance features writer specialising in...
Good afternoon This is my second post requesting information on my other grandad. This is what I know so far, any information on where he would...
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