Struggle to survive as a POW

8th December 1942: Men destined for the hard labour of building the 'Death Railway' are already dying from hunger and malnutrition

Dec 8, 2022

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‘Fit Parade for Work’, a drawing made by Ronald Searle while he was a Prisoner of War sent to work on the Burma- Siam railway.

Sergeant Bill Leaney had been captured at Singapore.

Along with thousands of others he was now shipped off to Thailand to build the Burma Siam railway. December 1942 found him in Ban Pong PoW camp, which Dr Robert Hardie had pass…

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