Sacrifice, captivity and escape : the remarkable memoirs of a Japanese POW / Peter Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.

World War, 1939-1945.

Prisoners of war--Japan--Biography.

Prisoners of war.

Jackson, Peter R. (Peter Richard), 1919-.

Jackson, Peter R.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sacrifice, Captivity and Escape is an exceptional story. Peter Jackson was young and recently married when he was drafted into the army at the start of World War II. He had no wish to be there but like most of his generation he was given no choice.Peter arrived in Singapore just as the city was being evacuated and within days he was a prisoner of the Imperial Japanese Army. Peter was one of the very few to survive the hardship, illnesses and brutality that followed. Like so many he was forced to work for the Japanese, first in Singapore and then on the infamous Thai-Burma railway. While there,

Contents:

Foreword; 1. Childhood; 2. Downstairs; 3. Home Life; 4. Called Up; 5. Home Service; 6. Bonny Scotland; 7. Off Overseas; 8. Cape Town; 9. India - 29 October 1941; 10. Singapore - The Island Fortress?; 11. River Valley Camp; 12. The Bridge; 13. Changi; 14. Up Country; 15. The Great Escape; 16. The Friendly Villages; 17. The Cave; 18. Recaptured; 19. Moulmein - now Mawlamyine; 20. Bangkok; 21. Outram Road Prison; 22. A Working Prisoner; 23. Return to Changi; 24. Freedom; 25. The Homecoming; Epilogue; Publisher's Notes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-78303-122-0

OCLC:

830167365