Written collection
Research, recollections & books
Search articles, personal accounts, medical histories, wartime records, diaries, remembrance addresses and books collected by Peter Winstanley.
Remembrance & Memorials
Addresses, commemorations and memorials.
- Anzac Day Address 2011 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
- Remembrance Day at Hellfire Pass: pipe band account 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
- Bangka Island tribute to Nurses
- Memorial Windows honour Sandakan POWs
Medical Care & Personnel
Doctors, dentists, pharmacists, orderlies, hospitals and medical reports.
- Medical Officers (Doctors) on the Burma–Thailand Railway
- Doctor Claude L Anderson
- Captain Anderson's Medical Report on Thetkaw POW Camp
- Brain tumour: 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
- Sequel to Jack Thorpe’s Recollection
- Lt Col Albert Coates 10 Aust General Hospital
- WO 2 Jack Coombe
- Lt Col Thomas Hamilton Medical Officer
- Random Recollections by J.H. Sherman
- Major Syd Krantz, Malaya, “A” Force Burma and Thailand (with obituary)
- A Pharmacist as a POW — Sgt Fredric Henry Atherton TX5122
- Another Pharmacist as a POW — Bevan Warland-Browne
- Captain John Higgin “A” Force (Burma) and Senryu POW Camp Japan
- Captain Tom Le Gay Brereton Medical Officer "A" Force Burma — Impaired vision — 600 km march
- Ian Campbell's Sgt Signaller-Recollections and Diaries
- Captain GD (Don) Cumming Medical Officer “A” Force
- Captain Alex White – Medical Officer “A” Force
- Captain John S Chalmers perished at sea
- Hobbs Alan Francis Major SX 10761 — Diary of events from Pre War in Malaya to his time in Burma end 1942
- Major Ewan Corlette
- Major Arthur Moon
- An Amputee's Story by Syd Howard
- Goodnight Melody
- Captain Theodore (Tim) Godlee Wx11057
- Dr. Phil Millard
- Major Alan Richard Hazelton
- Captain David Clive Critchley Hinder
- War Experience of Jack Boon 2/20 Bn
- A short account of a not so distinguished army career and Eulogy for Charlie Demllo
- Thomas Cunnington — Medical Orderly
- Captain Ian Duncan — Medical Officer
- An individual perspective about the Atomic Bomb by Captain David Hinder
- Parker William Clement Corporal 2/20 Battalion AIF NX26087
- Dentist Captain Jim Finimore “D” Force BTR
- Captain PIA Peter Hendry
- Captain R.L. (Lloyd) Cahill
- Captain Roy Markham Mills
- Captain Colin Percival Juttner
- Captain John Lindsay Taylor MC
- The Story of the Australian Flag Captain by Fred Stahl
- Morale by Ken Gray
- Mates by Ken Gray
- Captain Victor Brand MC Medical Officer
- Medical Evacuation on the Kwai Noi River 1943
- Bill Armit 2/10 Ord Wksp – “F” Force – died Tanbaya (50 Kilo Camp Burma)
- Hassett Ron (Scotty) a Medical Orderly F Force
- The Medical Orderlies of Songkurai No 2 Camp as told by Reg Jarman
- Captain Frank Cahill — Surgeon "F" Force
- A Good Jap Story by Reg Jarman Medical Orderly
- Major Roy Stevens –Senior Medical Officer "F" Force
- An Amputation in Difficult Circumstances Jack Troedel — Shimo Songkurai
- Medical Orderly Corporal Doug Whalley
- Major Bruce Atlee Hunt — Article
- Major Bruce Atlee Hunt — Under The Heel
- Major Bruce Atlee Hunt — Medical Report
- Kevin James Fagan, Am;Mbbs (Syd);Fracs; Frcs.
- Captain Macaulay Killick Winchester Dental Officer and POW
- FMSVF 3 Field Ambulance Man with "K" Force — George Moser
- K Force Medical Officer (Doctor) Captain Tim Hogg
- Newcastle Doctors (Medical Officers)
- Newcastle Doctors (Medical Officers) Who Were POWs
- 2/3 Motor Ambulance Convoy
- Captain Les Poidevin Medical Officer — Timor and Java
- Lt Col Norman Eadie — Commanding Officer 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station (CCS)
- Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Sam Stening — Medical Officer HMAS Perth — In Japan 42 to 45
- Treleaven William Joseph Kinsella Captain (Dentist) 25 Dental Unit — “A” Force, Burma
- The Story of the 13th Australian General Hospital
- Unofficial History of the 2/4 Casualty Clearing Station
Diaries, Letters & Personal Accounts
First-hand recollections, diaries and family accounts.
- Another signaller’s story — Arthur Gigger "C" Force Japan
- The War Years Diary of Lieutenant Gillon Ronald Griffith
- Account By Lt John Ross About Dental Officer Capt. John Rosson
- Diary of Don Fraser (Died Naoetsu, Japan)
- Sandakan Death March — Annihilate them all — by Lynette Silver
- Diary of Douglas McGlinn 2/4 Machine Gun Bn Aug 1945 to Jan 1946
- Survival on Land and Sea by Arthur (Blood) Bancroft HMAS Perth
- Observations on ‘Healthy’ Plasmodium vivax Carriers
- The Second World War has finally ended — by Lt Mary Gibson — formerly Mary Everard
People & Biographies
Individual lives, careers, obituaries and professional groups.
- 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
- First Australian POW of the Japanese — Malayan Campaign 1941-45
- Obituary for Captain Les Poidevin
- Major W.E. (Ted) Fisher. 2 I/C of 2/4 CCS
- Captain Stanley Septimus Pavillard -Straits Settlement
- Australian Sailor with RN captured on Bangka Island by Bob Miller
- Captain Doug Gillies – Timor and Java
- Astill Kenneth Alexander – NX 72824 Private
- Hendrik Dob: A Royal Netherlands Navy Sailor's Autobiography
Camps, Forces & Railways
Accounts organised around POW forces, camps and railway construction.
- The Ill-Fated "F" Force
- "F" Force an officers story Lt Norm Dean
- Story of "F" Force
- 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
- K & L Force sent to Thailand to care for the Coolies
Units, Ships & Escapes
Military units, naval service, transport, sinkings, recovery and escape.
- Recovery of POWs from Macassar by HMS Maidstone, 1945
- Machine Gunners on Singapore
- The Merchant Navy — don’t overlook its contribution
- Surviving the sinking of the Rakuyo Maru
- Bell JS 2/19 Battalion POW experiences
- Purvis John Prior- Lieutenant — Royal Artillery. Escape from Singapore.
- Jim Allpike 2/3 & 2/4 Machine gunner
- Lance Gibson, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion
- Paterson William James — Corporal — 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion.
Nurses, Civilians & Forced Labour
Nurses, civilian internees, Romusha and local labourers.
- A nursing sister’s account of life as a prisoner by Mavis Hannah
- Australian nurse survivor from Vyner Brooke by Pat Gunther
- Nurse Florence (Flo) Trotter (married name Syer) captured on Bangka Island and on Sumatra at the end.
- Anglo/Burmese family's harsh experiences under Japanese 1942/45
- Romusha — Thong Yu
- Siamese (Thai) Labourer On The Burma–Thailand Railway — Khun Nid
Reports, Research & Reference
Official reports, historical research, maps and subject references.
Books & Further Reading
Books, reviews and related external resources.
- Valley of the Shadow by Whitney H. GalbraithRead the introduction (PDF)Official websiteAmazon Australia
- Books
- Book reviews