Prisoner Doctor: an account of the experiences of a Royal Air Force Medical Officer during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia, 1942 to 1945. (131p.), 1983

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Voyage to Singapore in January 1942; ordered to Java; fall of Singapore and Japanese invasion of Java; life in camps at Surabaya and at Semarany; illicit obtaining of medical supplies; voyage to Haruku to make landing strip - insanitary conditions at camp, dysentery and native remedies used; food rations; deficiency diseases; producing yeast; move to Ambon; smuggling of food into camp; return to Java on Maros Maru (half the prisoners died); journey to Singapore; working in docks; interned in Changi jail; hearing news of atomic bombs and capitulation of Japan; return to England.

Includes map of journeys, four water colours of Haruku, and photograph of Major in charge of Haruku camp, Sgt Mori Cassiama, interpreter, and senior British Officer. Squadron Leader Pitts.

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