Database of POW's in Japan - Interesting

Discussion in 'Prisoners of War' started by spidge, May 10, 2006.

  1. englandphil

    englandphil Very Senior Member

    The following update has been posted on the CoFEPOW Website, and I am sure will interest great many members. It doesnt appear to be accessable you, but you can view the progress, so a case of watch this space.

    Database update

    We are currently uploading the 30,000 Liberation Questionnaires completed by returning British FEPOWs

    Children & Families of the Far East Prisoners of War

    Phil
     
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  2. REK

    REK Senior Member

    The following update has been posted on the CoFEPOW Website, and I am sure will interest great many members. It doesnt appear to be accessable you, but you can view the progress, so a case of watch this space.

    Database update

    Phil,

    This is really excellent - I've just tried it with my father's name and he came up. I had to leave the first name blank (i.e. just enter the surname), but as you say it's probably not yet fully "live".

    Thanks for posting.

    Richard
     
  3. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    Great spot Phil,

    This is probably going to speed up my collation of Rangoon Jailbirds by 50%!!!:D

    I am currently half way through collecting the Japanese index cards for the jail and decided to leave the Liberation debriefs to later. So this will be a massive help.

    Bamboo.
     
  4. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    Thanks again Phil,

    I already have new information on my research topic and a new confirmed POW officer. This may well save me hours of time with these documents.:D

    Bamboo.
     
  5. Rendellers

    Rendellers Junior Member

    Thanks for the link Del Boy- I need to do more research to prove the connection!
     
  6. Cobber

    Cobber Senior Member

    When I was a pre teen kid, their was a old bloke who lived near by who talked to my father. I often was with them when they talked, due to my fathers war experiences (Korea) this man (i just cannot remember his surname his first name was Jim) was at times open to talk about his experiences in WW2.
    From memory I believe he was captured at Singapore and was by 1945 being used as a slave in a mine and he reckoned he was not that far away when the 'A' Bomb exploded he said that he and others who had no idea of such a weapon, thought that a large munitions store or factory had been hit by air raid, thus for them explaining the very large cloud.
     

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