1000 days on the River Kwai: the secret diary of a British camp commandant 9781473897809, 9781473897823, 9781473897816, 1473897807

"After being captured in Singapore and transported to the infamous Burma railway Colonel Cary Owtram was appointed

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English Pages xi, 151 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Year 2017

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1000 days on the River Kwai: the secret diary of a British camp commandant
 9781473897809, 9781473897823, 9781473897816, 1473897807

Table of contents :
Outward bound --
Slim River --
Into bondage --
A poor exchange --
The great trek --
Pastures new --
Promotion and reorganization --
Boon Pong --
Cholera breaks out --
Adventures of the 'Canary" --
The place hots up --
A birthday party --
The stage --
Keeping fit --
Kokobo's farm --
The white slug --
I take a rest --
'Amputs' --
The lighter side --
Chungkai Church --
The cemetery --
Mass hysteria --
Attack from the air --
The camp police --
The exodus from Chungkai --
The Drower incident --
A new dawn breaks --
Rehabilitation --
Freedom at last.

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