Missing Believed Killed by Baxter John
This is a fascinating and moving account of how one man managed to survive some of the harshest conditions faced by prisoners in the Second World War.
John Baxter was a Corporal in the Royal Engineers during the Second World War. In 1942 he was captured by the Japanese in Indonesia, and held as a prisoner of war under brutal conditions for the next three years. After his release, John Baxter spent several years recuperating and receiving treatment at Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire, where in 1948 he met and married his wife, Lilian. He later resumed his pre-war career as a plumbing and heating engineer, becoming a manager of a heating company in Trowbridge in Wiltshire, and retiring in 1974. John, who still lives in Trowbridge, has two sons and a daughter and two granddaughters. He continues to be actively involved in organisations such as FEPOW (Far East Prisoners of War), COFEPOW (Children and Families of Far East Prisoners of War), and the Java 42 Club. He has taken part in a number of VJ Day anniversary events and stays in contact with his old prison guard, Hirano, who in 2009 sent John a 90th birthday card.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845135386 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845135385 |
| Title | Missing Believed Killed |
| Author | John Baxter |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2010-05-25 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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