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Burma Railway Blog: "Church Bells in the Morning"
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Accounts of Horror and Heroism 1942-1945. Saturday, March 12, 2011. Church Bells in the Morning". Opening bars of "Church Bells in the Morning." Composed at Tamuang POW camp, Thailand in June 1945. Australian War Memorial Web Site. COFEPOW - Children of Far East Prisoners of War. De Birma spoorlijn en de brug over de River Kwai. FEPOW Community (Far East Prisoners of War). Gezocht Fotos van de Omgekomen KNIL Militairen. Han Samethini Remembered (POW musician on the Burma Railway). USS Houston CA-30 (Blog).
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Burma Railway Blog: March 2011
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Accounts of Horror and Heroism 1942-1945. Saturday, March 12, 2011. Church Bells in the Morning". Opening bars of "Church Bells in the Morning." Composed at Tamuang POW camp, Thailand in June 1945. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Australian War Memorial Web Site. COFEPOW - Children of Far East Prisoners of War. De Birma spoorlijn en de brug over de River Kwai. FEPOW Community (Far East Prisoners of War). Gezocht Fotos van de Omgekomen KNIL Militairen. Het Geheugen van Nederland (Memory of the Netherlands).
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The Sky Looked Down: Appendix: Appendix B: Sources on the Burma Railway and Japanese Prison Camps
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The Sky Looked Down: Appendix. Sunday, April 5, 2009. Appendix B: Sources on the Burma Railway and Japanese Prison Camps. The story of Frank's younger brother, Henri Samethini). Prisoners of War of the Japanese 1942-1945. Center for Research, Allied POWs Under the Japanese. Prisoner of War Camp #1, Fukuoka, Japan. Children (& families) of Far East Prisoners of War. The Burma Railway) - Dutch web site. The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942. I'm One of the Lucky Ones: I Came Home Alive. To End All Wars.
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The Sky Looked Down: Appendix: Appendix C: Music and Songs
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The Sky Looked Down: Appendix. Saturday, April 4, 2009. Appendix C: Music and Songs. Photo Source: www.rockandswing.fr. To hear recordings of the music and songs mentioned by Frank Samethini in his memoir, click on the links below. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen. Prelude in E Minor. By Chopin (Rafal Blechacz). Hollands Vlag, Je Bent Mijn Glorie. Haags Matrozenkoor. Song begins at 0:25). There By the Mill. Daar Bij die Molen. The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling. Artie Shaw, instrumental).
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Han Samethini Remembered: 1. The Stick and the Piano (1916-1934)
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The life and times of Henri Jacques Samethini (1916-1992): Jazz Player, Soldier, Prisoner of War, Band Leader, Cabaretier, Clown, Musical Producer. April 15, 2009. 1 The Stick and the Piano (1916-1934). Frank and Han Samethini (Bondowoso, Java, 1917). Emma (born 1892 in Magelang) busied herself as a zealous promoter of drama and dance. Inspired by the performances and costumes of famed Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, she eventually founded her own dance studio. Photographs of Han and Frank in sta...The f...
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Burma Railway Blog: Report by a Newly Liberated Australian POW (September, 1945)
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Accounts of Horror and Heroism 1942-1945. Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Report by a Newly Liberated Australian POW (September, 1945). Transcription followed by scans of the article:. The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria) 13 September 1945, page 20. APPALLING ORDEAL OF PRISONERS ON "DEATH RAILWAY". Jap Persecution and Brutality. By ROHAN D. RIVETT, Formerly of THE ARGUS, who has just returned from Siam, where he was a prisoner of war for three and a half years. All these men are anxious to get one message home to t...
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Burma Railway Blog: Dedication
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Accounts of Horror and Heroism 1942-1945. Sunday, June 13, 2010. This blog is dedicated to my grandfather Han Samethini. My great uncle Frank Samethini. And my great-great-uncle Rudolf Shamier. They all worked as POW slave laborers on the Burma Railway. My grandfather, Sgt. Henri "Han" Samethini. Chungkai POW camp, Thailand (May 1944). My great uncle, Sgt. Frank Samethini. Balikpapan, Borneo (circa 1947). Gravestone of my great-great uncle, Pvt. Rudolf Shamier. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. View m...
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The Sky Looked Down: Appendix: Appendix A: Lisa's Story
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The Sky Looked Down: Appendix. Sunday, April 5, 2009. Appendix A: Lisa's Story. Here follows Lisa Samethini's personal account of the war and the Japanese occupation of Java:. To Mary-em, Frances, Christine and Sandra,. This is my story of what happened to me during the war, from 1941 to 1945. Where do I begin? We married on 4th June, 1941 in Bandoeng. Why in Bandoeng? When we came home two months later, we lived with Frank's mother. We had our own room. We made it nice with wall paper. My mother's house...
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TBRC Online: LINKS AND REFERENCES
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History Of The Railway And World War II. This is a list of World Wide Web links, organisation addresses and books and other useful information. If you would like your Web Page added to these listings, please e-mail us. Marking your message "New Reference". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Netherlands War Graves Foundation. Burma Thailand Railway Memorial Association Inc. The Official 2/26 Battalion Website. The Albert Coates Memorial Trust. Far East Veterans Association. Frank Larkin - Prisoner of War.
