| Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Cover; To the Memory of; In Changi Gaol; Contents; Prologue: Before the War; When the Bombs Fell; The White Flag; Introduction to Internment; Through the Iron Doorway; Dealing with the Japanese; How to Run a Camp; Work and Amusements; Double Tenth; Sime Road; Farewell Syonan, Hello England; Appendix A; Appendix B; About the Author |
| Summary |
When Mary Thomas left the shores of England for Singapore in December 1939 to live a leisurely life of an Englishwoman in a colonial outpost, she did not expect to soon find her circumstances greatly changed. After the Japanese bombs fell on 8 December 1941, Mary chose not to rush for the first boat out of Singapore and instead stayed on to serve in the Medical Auxiliary Service, and in 1942 she was interned in Changi Prison by the Japanese conquerors together with a few thousand unfortunate people. This is the true story of how a young Englishwoman spent three and a half years under the watch |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Thomas, Mary, 1906-2009.
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| SUBJECT |
Thomas, Mary, 1906-2009 fast |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Singapore -- Personal narratives
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Singapore -- Prisons
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Prisoners of war -- Singapore -- Biography
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Prisoners of war -- England -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Prisons
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Medical care
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Prisoners of war
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England
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Singapore
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Personal narratives
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789812619723 |
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9812619720 |
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