Brigadier P J Greville CBE (Rtd) as Officer Commanding Assault Pioneer Platoon 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Colonel D A Chinn MBE (Rtd)

A video interview with Brigadier P J Greville CBE conducted at the Australian War Memorial. Brigadier Greville speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; the role of the Assault Pioneer Platoon in Korea during his period of command; the circumstances of his capture; his treatment as a prisoner of war (POW); his attitude towards the Chinese Army's lack of commitment to the terms of the Geneva Convention; the effect of Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett on POWs; the United Nations Command (UNC) alleged use of biological (germ) warfare against the people of North Korea; his release and subsequent return to Australia; the physical and mental effects of incarceration and indoctrination on him and other prisoners of the Chinese Army during the war in Korea; his view of the use of POW re-education programs in general. See also sound recording S02289.