Dad was with the 88th Field Regiment RA, TA in Europe, then out of Dunkirk and to Nth Malaya then POW of Japanese. He told me he had to paint to keep sane. When he passed away recently we found over 300 paintings he did of Europe and Malaya and life as a POW, many are cartoons depicting the opposite of what he was living in. He also wrote some of the Regiment's history for 50th Anniversary of the Fall of Singapore (that was 20 years ago) but is on the web with his artwork. We as a family have developed this and would be thankful if you could share, and hopefully it may assist. To date an additional 60 paintings have been scanned and emailed back to us that dad painted and gave to his mates, by family of ex POW's. The site is www.changipowart.com Can you please share broad and wide. Has images of action in Europe, action in Malaya, 25 pounders, planes, ships, cartoons of life as a POW, Changi limb factory, Changi Industries, Thai Burma Railway, Theatre programs, Sacrifice. Cheers from Australia (immigated 1958) Keith B (formerly of South Shields)
I visited Hellfire Pass a few years ago Colin, hugely humbling experience. We stayed at Kanchanaburi, which is where Eric Lomax (Author of The Railway Man") was held by the secret police and tortured. I read his book during the visit and it was very moving. We as nation really let these guys down from the point of their return onwards, mainly because of trade!
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