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History Of The Railway And World War II This is a list of World Wide Web links, organisation addresses and books and other useful information. If you would like your Web Page added to these listings, please e-mail us , marking your message "New Reference". Commonwealth War Graves Commission Netherlands War Graves Foundation Burma Thailand Railway Memorial Association Inc The Official 2/26 Battalion Website The Albert Coates Memorial Trust Center For Research, Allied POWS Under The Japanese Han Samethini and Frank Samethini Story Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society Frank Larkin - Prisoner of War Stichting Herdenking 15 Augustus 1945 (Foundation for Commemoration of 15th August 1945 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion Website Recommended Reading Of the many books covering this subject, those listed below are recommended as a good starting point. War Diaries And Personal Accounts Bamboo Doctor, Stanley S Pavillard, Macmillan & Co., London , UK , 1960. An account of one man's fight against death and disease in the camps of the railway. Into The Smother , Ray Parkin, Hogarth Press, London , UK , 1963. A journal of the Thailand-Burma Railway by a survivor of the sinking of HMAS Perth. Kura , Cornel Lumiere, Jacaranda Press, Brisbane , Australia , 1966. A story of the hardships and suffering on the railway, by a Dutch interpreter. Railroad Of Death , John Coast , The Aiglon Press Ltd., London , UK , 1946. A British junior officer's account of working on the railway. Slaves Of The Son Of Heaven , Roy H. Whitecross, Dymocks Book Arcade, Sydney , Australia , 1951. A very descriptive account of experiences as a PoW in Burma , on the railway and in Japan . The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop , E.E. Dunlop, Penguin Books, 1986. ISBN 0 14 012861. The extensive war diaries of this legendary Australian surgeon of the railway. The Will To Survive , Douglas McLaggan, Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, NSW, Australia , 1995. ISBN 0 86417 706 2. A story written from the diary of a young Australian private who was a member of 'F Force'. PoW Art And Photography A Life For Every Sleeper , Hugh Clarke, Allen & Unwin, Sydney , Australia , 1986. ISBN 0 04 909023 2. A pictorial record of the Thailand-Burma Railway. Wartime and present. Burma Railway Artist , Jack Chalker, Penguin Books, 1994. ISBN 0 67 090583 6. The war drawings of a celebrated artist. Changi Photographer , Tim Bowden, ABC Books, Sydney , Australia , 1984. ISBN 0 64 297559 0. George Aspinall's photographic record of captivity. The Burma-Siam Railway , Robert Hardie, Imperial War Museum , London UK , 1983. ISBN 0 901627 26 7 The secret diary of a PoW medical officer of the Federated Malay States Volunteer Force. Contains many illustrations and paintings. To The Kwai And Back , Ronald Searle, Collins Publishers, London , UK , 1986. ISBN 0 87113 073 4. The pictorial story of a British soldier's experiences of the war - mostly as a PoW. General Reading Prisoners Of The Japanese , Gavin Daws, William Morrow & Co., New York , USA , 1994. ISBN 0 688 1182 7. Tells of the experiences of PoWs in the Pacific region. River Kwai Railway , Clifford Kinvig, Brassey's, London , UK , 1992. ISBN 0 08 03744 5. An excellent, comprehensive evaluation of the railway episode. The Blue Haze , Lelsie G. Hall, self-published, 1995. ISBN 0 9588934 0 3. Incorporating a history of 'A Force' - Groups 3 & 5, Thailand-Burma Railway.
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