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He became one of the thousands of Far East Prisoners of War [FEPOWs] and spent three and a half years in captivity in various POW camps until the Japanese surrendered in 1945.

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  • Author: Elizabeth McElwee
  • ISBN: 978-1-7384536-0-3
  • Pages: 240
  • Format: Hardback

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