NEWLANDS, Ian Douglas Prisoners-of-War (POWs), Accession Number 002471


  • Oral History Centre
    Source
  • 2
    Total Reels
  • Lily Tan (Mrs)
    Interviewer
  • 00:31:36
    Total Running Time
  • English
    Language


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Metadata

  • 21 Nov 2000
    Recording Date
  • 00:13:57
    Running Time
  • MP3
    Format
  • Open Access
    Conditions Governing Access

Synopsis

*Joined Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1939. Flew to Palembang in December 1941, and then to Singapore. Fled to Java but was taken prisoner when the Dutch surrendered. Suffered malaria, dysentry and beri-beri at Java. Volunteered to go to Japan in 1942.

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