BANGS, Mohamed Yusuf (Dato Haji)
Prisoners-of-War (POWs),
Accession Number 000103
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 10
Total Reels
- Yogini Yogarajah
Interviewer
- 04:22:23
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 10
Metadata
- 10 Sep 1981
Recording Date
- 00:27:43
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Arrival in Singapore in 1926. Work experience in rubber estates in Malaya. Due to slump in 1931 returned to England. Came back again in 1932. Joined Kelantan Volunteer Force, formed when war started in Europe. Attached to Pahang battalion and later Frontier Force. His operations in Southern Thailand to find out possible route of Japanese attack. Japanese invasion of Northern Malaya.
(Interviewee was baptised as Trelawny William Tabrun Bangs).
Remarks
Previously was under the project: Japanese Occupation of Singapore, 1942-1945
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Reel/Disc 2 of 10
Metadata
- 10 Sep 1981
Recording Date
- 00:27:48
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Remained in Kelantan removing rails from railway line. Got malaria. How he was sent to Johore Bahru Hospital. On recovery, posted to do propaganda work. Subsequently joined Field Regiment. First encounters with Japanese in Kelantan. British surrender of Singapore. March to Changi. Scenes witnessed during the march. First impression of Changi Military Camp.
Remarks
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Reel/Disc 3 of 10
Metadata
- 10 Sep 1981
Recording Date
- 00:27:46
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Leaving camp every day to buy food and to look for boat for escape purposes. Reason for being moved to Selarang Barracks. Living conditions in Changi Military Camp. Role of camp office. How he assisted Mubin Sheppard in passing messages from military to civilian camp. Medical facilities and supplies in hospitals. Indian National Army ill-treatment of prisoners of war.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 10
Metadata
- 11 Sep 1981
Recording Date
- 00:27:55
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Sent to Siam in November 1942 with a party of 11th Division to build a railway. People's reaction to going to Siam. Their long train journey; food and living conditions in goods wagon. General feelings of people along the way. Detrained in Ban Pong and living conditions in huts. Taken to Kanchanaburi and marched to Chungkai. Conditions in Chungkai Camp.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 10
Metadata
- 11 Sep 1981
Recording Date
- 00:27:54
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Further elaboration on black market. Keeping up of prisoners of war (POWs') morale through wireless to obtain information outside camp. Concert parties in Chungkai Camp. Daily routine in camp. His impression of Dutch and Australian POWs. Indication of Japanese losing the war in Burma. Reason for being moved to Nong Pladuk. His work in Japanese Ordnance Camp. Due to bombing raids, Japanese soldiers exchanged huts with POWs.
Remarks
Previously was under the project: Japanese Occupation of Singapore, 1942-1945
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Reel/Disc 8 of 10
Metadata
- 11 Sep 1981
Recording Date
- 00:27:45
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Meeting his Malay friends in Japanese Ordnance Camp. Living conditions in Nong Pladuk Camp. Encounters with Korean guards. Stealing and selling stolen goods to the Siamese. Cheques cashed by black marketers. Roll calls in camp. Bombing raids lowered morale of prisoners of war (POWs). Reasons for sending officers to Kanchanaburi and subsequently to Nakom Nyok. Played chess to pass time. Made his own chess set.
Remarks
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Reel/Disc 9 of 10
Metadata
- 11 Sep 1981
Recording Date
- 00:27:56
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Wounded and starving Japanese coming down from Burma. Moving prisoners of war (POWs) to Nakom Nyok Camp. Japanese declaration that war was over and their subsequent change of attitude and behaviour. Before landing of British troops Indian Army colonels took over control. Inflation after war. Meeting his Malay friends again.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 10
Metadata
- 11 Sep 1981
Recording Date
- 00:12:00
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Repatriation of allied prisoners of war (POWs) and internees. 107 Military Mission represented British government. His involvement in repatriating Malayans. Running of transit camps. Commendations for his effort in repatriation.
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