Research & Articles by Lt. Col. Peter Winstanley OAM RFD (Retired), JP
Research, Interviews and Articles about the Prisoners Of War of the Japanese who built the Burma to Thailand railway during world war two. Focusing on the doctors and medical staff among the prisoners. Also organised trips to Thailand twice a year.
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Articles
Lt. Col. Peter Winstanley OAM RFD (Retired) JP
 
Remberance & Anzac Day Addresses
Anzac Day Address 2011 at at Cambrai Village by Peter Winstanley OAM RFD JP
Remembrance Day Address 2010 by Charles Edwards 2/19 Bn and Mrs Diana Bland
Remembrance Day Address 2008 by Norman Anderton 8th Division Signals
Remembrance Day Address 2007 by Captain (Medical Officer) Peter Hendry
Day Hellfire Pass Pipes Band by Kirsty Hastie Smith
Remembrance Day Address 2006 by Major Rowley Richards
John Parkes recollection of the privations of POWs of F Force
Anzac Day Address 2003 at Kanchanaburi Thailand by Bill Haskell
Anzac Day Address 2004 at Kanchanaburi Thailand by Neil MacPherson
Remembrance Day Address 2004 at Hellfire Pass Thailand by Don Lee

 

Articles
Medical Officers (Doctors) on the Burma Thailand Railway
 
Medical and Dental Officers of “A” Force
Treleaven William Joseph Kinsella Captain (Dentist) 25 Dental Unit – “Ä”Force Burma – Various Camps – Suffered from failure of his eyesight – RAAF Officer (a dentist pre-war) assisted – At Phetburi when the War ended. (NEW)
Major Syd Krantz, Malaya, “A” Force Burma and Thailand (with obituary)
Captain John Higgin “A” Force (Burma) and Senryu POW Camp Japan
Capt Tom Le Gay Brereton  Medical Officer "A" Force Burma - Impaired vision - 600 Kim march
Captain GD (Don) Cumming Medical Officer “A” Force
Captain Alex White – Medical Officer “A” Force
Lt Col Norman Eadie - Commanding Officer 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) 
Major W.E. (Ted) Fisher.  2 I/C of 2/4 CCS 
Doctor Claude L Anderson
Dr. Claude Andersons medical report 31st January 1943 (PDF)
Brain Tumor Pow Recollections From The Burma Thailand Railway
Captain C.R.B. (Rowley) Richards - MBE OAM ED MB BS FRACGP FAFOM FASMF FACSM FAIM
Captain Stuart Thomlinson Simpson (Dental Officer)
Jack Thorpe’s Recollection Of Lt Col (Later Sir Albert) Coates
Lt Col Albert Coates 10 Aust General Hospital
WO 2 Jack Coombe
Lt Col Thomas Hamilton Medical Officer
A Pharmacist as a POW - Sgt Fredric Henry Atherton TX5122
Another Pharmacist as a POW - Bevan Warland-Browne
Ian Campbell's Sgt Signaller-Recollections and Diaries
Captain John S Chalmers perished at sea
 
Medical and Dental Officers of “C” Force
Another signallers story - Arthur Gigger "C" Force Japan
 
Medical and Dental Officers of “D” Force
Dentist Captain Jim Finimore “D” Force BTR
 
Medical and Dental Officers of “F” Force
The Ill-Fated "F" Force by Clive Moore
"F" Force an officers story Lt Norm Dean
Story of "F" Force  by Lt Col Kappe / Captain (Later Sir) Adrian Curlewis
Major Roy Stevens –Senior Medical Officer "F" Force
Capt Frank Cahill - Surgeon "F" Force
Bill Armit 2/10 Ord Wksp – “F” Force – died Tanbaya (50 Kilo Camp Burma)
Hassett Ron (Scotty) a Medical Orderly F Force
 
Medical and Dental Officers of “K” Force
K & L Force sent to Thailand to care for the Coolies
K Force Medical Officer (Doctor) Captain Tim Hogg 
FMSVF 3 Field Ambulance Man with "K" Force - George Moser
 
 
Other
Captain Stanley Septimus Pavillard -Straits Settlement
Dr. Phil Millard
Kevin James Fagan, Am;Mbbs (Syd);Fracs; Frcs.
Major Alan Richard Hazelton
Captain PIA Peter Hendry
Captain R.L. (Lloyd) Cahill
Newcastle Doctors (Medical Officers)
Captain Roy Markham Mills
Captain Colin Percival Juttner
Captain John Lindsay Taylor MC (ADDITIONAL MATERIAL)
Account By Lt John Ross About Dental Officer Capt. John Rosson
Captain Macaulay Killick Winchester Dental Officer and POW
Sequel To Jack Thorpe’s Recollection
First Australian Pow Of Japanese - Malayan Campaign 1941-45
Jim Allpike 2/3 & 2/4 Machine gunner
Newcastle Doctors (Medical Officers) Who Were POWs
POW Lawyers cartoon by Dean Alston
Lawyers On The Notorious Burma Thailand Railway
Major Ewan Corlette
Major Arthur Moon
An Amputee's Story by Syd Howard
The Story of the Australian Flag Captain by Fred Stahl
Goodnight Melody
2/3 Motor Ambulance Convoy
Diary of Don Fraser (Died Naoetsu,Japan)
8th Div Signaller became Doctor post war by David Rodda
Another signaller who became a doctor- post War by Ted Esler
Machine Gunner became a Surgeon by Redmund Sheedy
Morale by Ken Gray
Mates by Ken Gray
Captain David Clive Critchley Hinder
War Experience of Jack Boon 2/20 Bn
Captain Theodore (Tim) Godlee Wx11057
Sandakan Death March - Annihilate them all - by Lynette Silver
Memorial Windows honour Sandakan POWs
A short account of a not so distinguished army career and Eulogy for Charlie Demllo
Thomas Cunnington - Medical Orderly
Captain Ian Duncan - Medicial Officer
Diary of Douglas McGlinn 2/4 Machine Gun Bn Aug 1945 to Jan 1946
An individual perspective about the Atomic Bomb by Capt David Hinder
Captain Victor Brand MC Medcial Officer
Bangka Island tribute to Nurses
A Nursing Sisters Account Of Life As A Prisoner by Mavis Hannah
Australian Nurse survivor from Vyner Brook by Pat Gunther
Nurse Florence (Flo) Trotter (married name Syer) captured Banka Island and on Sumatra at the end.
Random Recollections by J.H. Sherman
Captain Les Poidevin Medical Officer -Introduction
Captain Les Poidevin Medical Officer -Timor & Java
Obituary to Captain Les Poisdevin
Bell JS 2/19 Battalion POW experiences
Survival on Land and Sea by Arthur (Blood) Bancroft HMAS Perth
Surviving the sinking of the Rakuyo Maru 
Another railway in Sumatra- Harry Badger’s story
Bill Davies (2/18 Battalion) Experiences on the Sumatra Railway
Christiaan Cleef (NEI Air Force) Experiences on the Sumatra Railway.
Sumatra Railway, Singapore, Java and Timor - Lex Milne VX39668 
The Sumatra Story by Hilton Stanton 
Medical Evacuation On The Kwai Noi River 1943
Parker William Clement Corporal 2/20 Battalion Aif NX26087
Recovery Of Pows From Macassar By The Hms Maidstone 1945
A research paper written by Captain Doug Gillies and a Dutch doctor
2/3 Machine Gunner Lt Lance Gibson
WW2 has finally ended- by Lt Mary Gibson - formerly Mary Everard
Australian Sailor with RN captured Banka Island by Bob Miller
The Medical Orderlies of Songkurai No 2 Camp As told by Reg Jarman
A Good Jap Story by Reg Jarman Medical Orderly
Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Sam Stening - Medical Officer HMAS Perth - In Japan 42 to 45
Machine Gunners on Singapore
An Amputation in Difficult Circumstances Jack Troedel - Shimo Songkurai
Anglo/Burmese family's harsh experiences under Japanese 1942/45
13 Australian General Hospital – the un-official history by Lex Arthurson
Medical Orderly Corporal Doug Whalley
Dutch Sailor who became a Prisoner of the Japanese – Hendrik Dob
2/4 Casualty Clearing Station Unofficial History by Lt Col Thomas Hamilton
Captain Doug Gillies – Timor and Java
The Percival Report - first published 1948.
The Merchant Navy – Dont overlook it’s contribution
 
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