| Accession Number | S02790 |
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| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 48 min 42 sec |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | digital audio tape (DAT); EMTEC DM 124; two track mono |
| Maker |
Chalker, Jack Forrester, Simon Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny |
| Date made | 13 June 2002 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Jack Bridger Chalker as a member of the Royal Artillery, and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Simon Forrester
Description
During the Second World War Chalker saw service with the Royal Field Artillery. He was captured at the fall of Singapore and sent to Thailand to work on construction of the Burma-Thailand railway. Chalker secretly made drawings of the various camps and conditions endured by the prisoners, and was later asked by Lieutenant Colonel Edward “Weary” Dunlop to make secret records of the prisoners’ medical conditions.
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Jack Bridger Chalker as a member of the Royal Artillery, and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Simon Forrester