i have visited one of his former hospital sites on the railway in thailand. the site now is on private property but you can view it on a anzac tour. very moving to know what happened to men like him.
my great uncle was a pow in japan and worked on the railway for 2 years, he was haunted by nighmares and hated the japs for what they did to him, he was always calling any oriental person a chinky good for nothing, untill one day m great uncle had to go to hospital, the consultant was a jap and my great uncle abused him quite badly, the consultant lost it and said he mr hackworth you didnt work nearly as hard as some of the prisoners because your still alive, who died doing your work.
interesting. My grandmother and her whole family were put in Jap-Camps in Indonesia (im dutch) and her husband was a POW who worked on the Burma Railway. He died doing so, thank you for this!
Thank you for this. My dad was a pow on the death railway, he never spoke of it, and this has enlightened me so much more of what he went through. I'm going to buy your book, I think you've made a very sensitive video on this terrible subject.
I have read this book and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have so much respect for Arch after reading this and seeing a documentry regarding his efforts to visit schools and inform the pupils of the horrors he and his mates encountered at the hands of the Japanese. God bless him and also his talented sons. May I just point out that you have left out the "au" when you listed the onedayhill website
How deeply moving and what a wonderful human being Arch Flanagan is.
I have just ordered the book.
I bought Weary Dunlop's biography in 1995 and couldn't put it down.
Thank you
expatmartin 2 years ago
i have visited one of his former hospital sites on the railway in thailand. the site now is on private property but you can view it on a anzac tour. very moving to know what happened to men like him.
thanks for the vid
Erinrob454 2 years ago
my great uncle was a pow in japan and worked on the railway for 2 years, he was haunted by nighmares and hated the japs for what they did to him, he was always calling any oriental person a chinky good for nothing, untill one day m great uncle had to go to hospital, the consultant was a jap and my great uncle abused him quite badly, the consultant lost it and said he mr hackworth you didnt work nearly as hard as some of the prisoners because your still alive, who died doing your work.
26highstreet 3 years ago
interesting. My grandmother and her whole family were put in Jap-Camps in Indonesia (im dutch) and her husband was a POW who worked on the Burma Railway. He died doing so, thank you for this!
itloads 3 years ago
Thank you for this. My dad was a pow on the death railway, he never spoke of it, and this has enlightened me so much more of what he went through. I'm going to buy your book, I think you've made a very sensitive video on this terrible subject.
Aynglfyre 3 years ago
a moving novel, one of the best of have ever read.
laurenmugavin 3 years ago
I have read this book and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have so much respect for Arch after reading this and seeing a documentry regarding his efforts to visit schools and inform the pupils of the horrors he and his mates encountered at the hands of the Japanese. God bless him and also his talented sons. May I just point out that you have left out the "au" when you listed the onedayhill website
DrBenDoverHere 3 years ago