Sacrifice, Captivity Escape by Peter Jackson

Sacrifice, Captivity Escape by Peter Jackson

Author:Peter Jackson [Jackson, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nonfiction, History, Military, World War II, Biography & Memoir, Historical
ISBN: 9781783031245
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Published: 2013-01-19T05:00:00+00:00


Men from the Suffolk regiment surrendering to the Japanese in February 1942. This was the regiment in which Peter Jackson served. (Source: Wikipedia Commons)

Newspaper report of Peter’s capture by the Japanese.

Lieutenant-General A.E. Percival signing the British surrender to Japanese in Singapore on 15 February 1942. Some 80,000 men were taken prisoner of war in Singapore and they joined the 50,000 already captured in Malaysia. (Source: D.O.W Hall, Prisoners of Japan, Historical Publications Branch, Wellington, 1948, reproduced with permission of the NZ Ministry for Culture and Heritage)



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