Labrador Park Singapore
I had the chance to explore the tunnels beneath Labrador Park with my good friend Jaya and students from the Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute one day.
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Kranji War Memorial
During my time in Singapore I visited the the Commonwealth War Graves site at the Kranji War Memorial a number of times.
Kanchanaburi Thailand
Shao Ping and I visited Kanchanaburi and the Bridge on the River Kwai in Thailand during October, 2003.
Letters
I have found six letters written by my father during the war. The first was written in January 1942, not long before his capture. The last five were written not long after his liberation.
Postcards
My father sent six prisoner of war postcards during his internment as a prisoner of war. The postcards were sent to his family via the Red Cross. Prisoners of war were not able to write very much. Space was limited.
Telegrams
My father kept seven telegrams from the war years. Collectively they tell the story of his war experiences. They provide a chronology of the critical moments in his life as a soldier of the 2/19th battalion, AIF.
Australian Military Forces
The letters below were sent to my father and his family by the Australian Military Forces. Franks’s recruitment letter is also included below. The original envelopes contain wartime messages for the general public.
Radio broadcasts
During the war years radio enthusiasts or “ham radio operators” listened in on the radio broadcasts emanating from around the globe. A number of enthusiasts from across Australia listened in on the broadcasts from the Japanese run “Radio Singapore”