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POW on the Sumatra Railway Bridges Christine John Geoffrey Lee (always known as Geoff) joined the RAF on his 20th birthday in June 1941. He eventually arrived in Java, where he was captured by the…
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John Geoffrey Lee (always known as Geoff) joined the RAF on his 20th birthday in June 1941. He eventually arrived in Java, where he was captured by the Japanese, along with many others. He left Liverpool on a troop ship in December 1941, with no idea where he was going.
After being washed ashore in Sumatra, (the ferry he was being transported on blew up), he was then recaptured and suffered sheer hell as a slave on the Sumatra Railway. During his time in captivity, he survived several camps in Java, Ambon and Singapore and three hell ship journeys. Enduring bouts of malaria, beri beri, tropical ulcers and a starvation diet was bad enough, but this was exacerbated by the searing heat and extreme cruelty meted out to the prisoners by the Japanese and Korean guards.
Geoff miraculously survived, weighing just 6 stone when he arrived back in Liverpool in December 1945.After his
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