Books

The books on this page are particularly relevant to the experience of prisoners in Borneo. The two books by Meg Parkes are about her father, Captain Andrew, ‘Andy’, Duncan, a friend of Desmond Campion’s at British HQ in Java, and then in captivity. Frank Bell, author of Undercover University, was also a friend of Campion’s and organised the teaching programme in the officer’s camp at Kuching. Agnes Newton Keith was an American in the civilian camp at Kuching. Her 1947 memoire was made into a film in 1950, starring Claudette Colbert. Chapter 7 of Don Wall’s book, Kill the Prisoners, is about Kuching, where Campion was held. John Tulloch’s book, The Borneo Graveyard, includes information about Campion and Kuching. A wider list of books can be found on the FEPOW web page.

Meg Parkes, A.A. Duncan is OK: A story of one war and two captivities
(Hoylake: Kranji Productions, 2003).

www.cofepow.org.uk/books/aa-duncan-is-ok

Meg Parkes, ‘Notify Alec Ratray’: A Story of Survival 1941-43
(Hoylake: Kranji Productions, 2002).

www.cofepow.org.uk/books/notify-alec-rattray

John S .M. Tulloch, The Borneo Graveyard 1941-1945 (Kota Kinabulu: Opus Producations: 2020).,

www.cofepow.org.uk/books/the-borneo-graveyard-1941-1945

Frank Bell, Undercover University
(Cambridge: Elizabeth Bell, 1990).

www.amazon.co.uk/Undercover-university-Frank-Bell/dp/0951698400

Agnes Newton Keith, Three Came Home, 19547.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Came_Home_(book)

Don Wall, Kill the Prisoners (Mona Vale, NSW: D Wall, 1997).

www.amazon.co.uk/Kill-Prisoners-Don-Wall/dp/0646278347

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