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Stories categorised in ''The Will To Live' by Len (Snowie) Baynes'. These stories may contain references to other themes.

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'The Will To Live': Chapter 24 - We See Our First Allied Planes, And Catch a Thief.icon for Story with photo

On the last day of our task then, our 'beloved' adjutant came out to work with us, the Japs having...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 25 - Japanese Friend & Lost in the Jungleicon for Story with photo

One side was bounded by the river, one by the railway, one by jungle, and the last by a clearing which was...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 26 - Bamboo, Our Drunken Captain, & I Swim to a Short Freedomicon for Story with photo

If a rat were trapped in the end of a long bamboo, and made to tunnel its way through the sections to...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 27 - A Very Fine Leadericon for Story with photo

There are several varieties of this parasite, some also cause the dreaded ‘black water fever’...

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'The Will To Live': Chapter 28 - Tamarkan & Sexton Baynesicon for Story with photo

We had no grammar or other text books; however I had a New Testament, given to me by our village Free...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 29 - Vinegar, Gore & Farewells

For the remainder of my Tamarkan days I spent about half my time working on jobs about the camp, including...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 30 - A Monument to Our Dead, & Allied Aircrafticon for Story with photo

Our wooden buckets weighed as much as the two gallons of water they held, and if the Japs had not used all...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 31 - Blood, Wells & Evil in High Places

Working long hours on the hut building party for the next few days, I saw little of Jimmy, but he was...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 32 - Slaughterman, Oven Builder, & Much Sweetnessicon for Story with photo

I used the railway line to form the lintel which carried the top brickwork and chimney, and completed the...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 33 - Bridges, Oxen, Tigers, and a Javanese Ladicon for Story with photo

The Japs kept their meat ration in the form of live pigs in an enclosure on the edge of the camp, and...

'The Will to Live': Chapter 34 - Bridge Repairs, Elephants, Air Raids, In Charge, Promotionicon for Story with photo

I was still in hospital when a trainload of wounded Jap soldiers passed through the station on their way...

'The Will to Live': Chapter 35 - Wounded Soldiers, Aussie Friend, and Twice Poisonedicon for Story with photo

A party of Japs appeared from the station hut carrying buckets of rice, which they placed beside the train,...

'The Will to Live': Chapter 36 - Very Sick, Weigh 4 Stone, Jap Horse Doctor, and True Story of "The Bridge Over the River Kwai"icon for Story with photo

From now on, there was also to be a party of prisoners working on the unenviable task of salvaging...

'The Will to Live': Chapter 37 - Our Officers Go, Top Class Train Ride, Hurricane, Scarce Water, Aerodrome Building, and Escapericon for Story with photo

'The Will to Live': Chapter 37 - Our Officers Go, Top Class Train Ride, Hurricane, Scarce Water,...

'The Will to Live': Chapter 39 - American Visitor, Red Cross Goods, Officers Back, ‘Endurance Vile’ Endsicon for Story with photo

The following day, a paratroops officer drove into camp. We were packed in tightly, and as our Dakota...

'The Will to Live': Chapter 40aicon for Story with photo

This document was Signed 12th September,1945....

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