Australian Prisoners of War during WWII

12-16 February 2007

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In commemoration of the 65th Anniversary of the Fall of Singapore.
Ex-prisoners of war, sons of prisoners, historians and academics will
discuss varying experiences of incarceration of service people and
civilians on the Thai-Burma Railway, in Singapore, Malaya and Europe:

 

11am Monday 12th February

Sons of Soldiers - A reflection of post war years with or without
fathers

Presenters: Doug Ogden, Professor John Lack, Waine Pickering and Andrew
Coffey 

The sons of the 2/29th Battalion will speak about how their fathers' war
experiences influenced their lives. Two did not return.

 

11am Tuesday 13th February

The Fight

Presenters: Martin Flanagan and Tom Uren

Tom Uren's politics were forged by his experiences as a prisoner of war
on the Thai-Burma Railway. He will be joined by Martin Flanagan, a
respected journalist and poet, whose father was also a prisoner of war. 

 

11am Wednesday 14th February 

"Australia's Forgotten Prisoners": Civilians Interned by the Japanese in
World War II

Presenter: Dr Christina Twomey

Dr Christina Twomey will discuss civilian internees' experiences of
captivity, of repatriation, their quest to be compensated for hardship
and loss, and the responses from the Australian Government. Dr Twomey
wrote Australia's Forgotten Prisoners: Civilians Interned by the
Japanese during World War II, to be released in March 2007.

 

1pm Thursday 15th February 

Changi Days - The Prisoner as Poet anthology by David Griffin

Presenters: Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Brigadier (Ret.) Kerry Mellor, Ron
Haddrick MBE and Bill Flowers

Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Brigadier Kerry Mellor (Ret'd), Ron Haddrick MBE
and ex-POW Bill Flowers will read selected poems written by Australian
POWs in Changi in the early days of captivity. This presentation has
been previously presented in London, Singapore and Canberra and this is
the first Melbourne performance. 

 

11am Friday 16th February 

Australian POWS in Europe

Presenters: Hank Nelson & Archdeacon Stan Moss, Walter Eacott, Bill
Taylor and Jack Bell

Australia made an extraordinary contribution to the war in the skies
over Europe during World War II. 4000 Australian airmen did not return.
In total, over 7000 Australian servicemen became prisoners of the
Germans. These POWs had to combat cramped conditions, starvation and
boredom. Historian Hank Nelson will join with POW veterans, telling
their story for the first time. 

 

Cost: gold coin donation, includes morning tea

 

Lena Condos

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Shrine of Remembrance

 

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