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2007-01-22 Lost Years and Wounded Minds

Prisoners of War

SUMMARY: At the end of 1945, 14,000 Australian prisoners were on their way home. Another 8,000 were buried or burned near camps from Timor to Manchuria. Now the survivors of the intense trauma had to adjust to a changed Australia.

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2007-01-22 Lost Years and Wounded Minds

Sun January 21 2007

SUMMARY: At the end of 1945, 14,000 Australian prisoners were on their way home. Another 8,000 were buried or burned near camps from Timor to Manchuri... read more

2007-01-19 Are We Free?

Thu January 18 2007

SUMMARY: For three and a half years the prisoners had longed for liberation. But when they finally heard of the end of the war, many were reluctant to... read more

2007-01-18 Rice Now For Rice Later

Wed January 17 2007

SUMMARY: By the end of the war, nearly 3,000 Australians were in the homeland of the enemy, Japan. They worked in shipyards, mines and factories, know... read more

2007-01-17 Outram Road

Tue January 16 2007

SUMMARY: Outram Road, the most feared prison on Singapore had one function: to punish.

2007-01-16 From Timor to Manchura

Mon January 15 2007

SUMMARY: Australians were imprisoned from south of the equator to 5,000 kilometres north. Combinations of prisoners and cultures varied as much as the... read more