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SPARROW, Philip - Philip Sparrow's Story, prisoner-of-war story

Description

Comb-bound booklet in 53 pages containing the edited story of Philip Sparrow's life as a Japanese prisoner-of-war, 1942-1945, compiled by the Java FEPOW (Far East Prisoners of War) Club 1942 from his diaries, notes and observations, edited by R Chapman, Honorary Secretary, and published by them; contains the address Nuncroft House, Churchtown, Preston, PR3 0HT.

Year created
2007
Publication Date/Date Made
Copy made in 2007 of c1980 booklet
Physical Characteristics (Dimensions)
21 cm x 29.7 cm
Physical Characteristics (Description)
55 sheets of A4 paper with plastic cover and card back, comb bound
Supporting Information

The Java Club was started by a group of 16 Far East Prisoners of War in the early 1980s who had come together at the annual conference of the National Federation of FEPOW Clubs and Associations in Blackpool. They had all been captured in Java in 1942 but were later drafted to a camp in mainland Japan and had all been in Hut 4 of the camp known as the 3rd Branch Camp, Yawata, Fukuoka, Japan. They produced a monthly newsletter, which expanded into the Java Journal, containing FEPOW accounts of their war-time experiences. In August 2007, the Club published “Prisoners in Java: Accounts by Allied Prisoners of War in the Far East (1942-1945) captured in Java”. Philip Sparrow is mentioned in two places in the book according to the index on the website.

See also the article entitled "Japanese Prisoner of War – Philip Henry Sparrow".

Donor or Creator of Records
Peter Stewart; the late Pat Goldstraw for the PDF copy
Provenance
Copy of document held in the Imperial War Museum archive
Nature of Acquisition
Gift
Accession Date
2009
Access Conditions
Contact Archive Manager
Reference
654/PEO/IND/O