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John Hawkins, Singapore, 1941 and Japan until 1945

by davehawkins

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davehawkins
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(Dudley) John Hawkins RAF
Location of story: 
Japan
Background to story: 
Royal Air Force
Article ID: 
A5039813
Contributed on: 
12 August 2005

Japan POW camp. Taken in the week after Hiroshima by a former guard. I'd welcome any information about others in the picture.

I'll add text later about my father's experiences in Changi jail, SIngapore and then in a POW camp in Japan.

Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, my father was reluctant to talk about his time as a POW.

Naturally, I'd be very excited to hear from anybody who has any related information.

David Hawkins

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